The state payment to eligible counties under this section shall be made in January of the fiscal year for which the appropriation for the state payment is made. A county is eligible for state payment as defined in section 331.438 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and for subsequent fiscal years if the director of human services determines for a specific fiscal year that all of the following conditions are met:
1. The county accurately reported by October 15 the county's expenditures for the previous fiscal year on forms prescribed by the department of human services.
2. The county has implemented a single entry point process in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to section 331.440.
3. The county developed and implemented a county management plan for the county's mental health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities services. The plan shall comply with the administrative rules adopted for this purpose by the council on human services and is subject to the approval of the director of human services in consultation with the state-county management committee created in section 331.438. The plan shall include a description of the county's single point of entry and clinical assessment process in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to section 331.440 and a description of the county's service management provision for mental health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities services. The plan shall have the following two parts:
a. For mental health service management, the county must contract with a state-approved managed mental health care contractor or describe the method the county will use to achieve a comparable system of managed care which assures cost-effective delivery of services. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, this part of the plan shall be submitted to the department of human services by March 1, 1995. For subsequent fiscal years, this part of the plan shall be submitted by the prior April 1.
b. For mental retardation and developmental disabilities service management, the county must describe efforts to investigate the development and implementation of a system of managed care which assures cost-effective delivery of services. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, this part of the plan shall be submitted to the department of human services by March 1, 1995. For subsequent fiscal years, this part of the plan shall be submitted by the prior April 1.
4. Changes to the approved plan are submitted sixty days prior to the proposed change and are not to be implemented prior to the director of human services' approval.
The director's approval of a county's mental health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities services management plan shall not be construed to constitute certification of the county's budget.
94 Acts, ch 1163, §3
Referred to in § 331.438
Relation between funding under §331.438 and this section and continued effectiveness of county property tax limitations for 1997 fiscal year; see 94 Acts, ch 1163, §8
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