House Journal: Page 1795: Thursday, May 1, 2003
41 appropriation made for the MH/DD community services
42 fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003:
43 $ 17,727,890
44 4. After applying the applicable statutory
45 distribution formulas to the amounts indicated in
46 subsection 2 for purposes to produce preliminary
47 distribution totals, the department of human services
48 shall apply a withholding factor to adjust an eligible
49 individual county's preliminary distribution total.
50 An ending balance percentage for each county shall be
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1 determined by expressing the county's ending balance
2 on a modified accrual basis under generally accepted
3 accounting principles for the fiscal year beginning
4 July 1, 2002, in the county's mental health, mental
5 retardation, and developmental disabilities services
6 fund created under section 331.424A, as a percentage
7 of the county's gross expenditures from that fund for
8 that fiscal year. The withholding factor for a county
9 shall be the following applicable percent:
10 a. For an ending balance percentage of less than
11 10 percent, a withholding factor of 0 percent. In
12 addition to the county's adjusted distribution total,
13 a county that is subject to this paragraph "a" shall
14 receive an inflation adjustment equal to 2.6 percent
15 of the gross expenditures reported for the county's
16 services fund for that fiscal year.
17 b. For an ending balance percentage of 10 through
18 24 percent, a withholding factor of 25 percent.
19 c. For an ending balance percentage of 25 through
20 34 percent, a withholding factor of 60 percent.
21 d. For an ending balance percentage of 35 through
22 44 percent, a withholding factor of 85 percent.
23 e. d. For an ending balance percentage of 45 35
24 percent or more, a withholding factor of 100 percent.
25 5. The total withholding amounts applied pursuant
26 to subsection 4 shall be equal to a withholding target
27 amount of $7,419,074 and the appropriation enacted by
28 the Eightieth General Assembly, 2003 Session, for the
29 MH/DD community services fund shall be reduced by the
30 amount necessary to attain the withholding target
31 amount $9,418,362. If the department of human
32 services determines that the amount to be withheld in
33 accordance with subsection 4 is not equal to the
34 target withholding amount, the department shall adjust
35 the withholding factors listed in subsection 4 as
36 necessary to achieve the withholding target amount.
37 However, in making such adjustments to the withholding
38 factors, the department shall strive to minimize
39 changes to the withholding factors for those ending
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