The Iowa department of public health shall establish a patient quota formula for determining the maximum number of obstetrical and newborn patients eligible for the program from each county. The formula shall be based upon the annual appropriation for the program, the average number of live births in each county during the most recent three-year period for which statistics are available, and the per capita income for each county during the most recent one-year period for which statistics are available. In accordance with this formula the department shall allocate a patient quota to each county at the beginning of each fiscal year. The department shall provide for the reassignment of an unused county quota allotment on April 1 of each year. The reassignment shall be taken only from a county which has an unused quota allotment for the portion of the fiscal year ending March 31. A county may utilize its quota allotment for a patient determined to be eligible before the end of the fiscal year but scheduled to need care after the end of the fiscal year. The reassignment of an unused county allotment shall be made to other counties on the basis of rules adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A.
A woman who resides in a county which exceeds the patient quota allocated for the county, and who has been deemed eligible under section 255A.5, shall be served at the University of Iowa hospitals and clinics pursuant to section 255.16.
87 Acts, ch 233, §438
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