35D.18  Net general fund appropriation — purpose.
  1.  The Iowa veterans home shall operate on the basis of a net appropriation from the general fund of the state. The appropriation amount shall be the net amount of state moneys projected to be needed for the Iowa veterans home for the fiscal year of the appropriation. The purpose of utilizing a net appropriation is to encourage the Iowa veterans home to operate with increased self-sufficiency, to improve quality and efficiency, and to support collaborative efforts among all providers of funding for the services available from the Iowa veterans home.
  2.  The net appropriation made to the Iowa veterans home may be used throughout the fiscal year in the manner necessary for purposes of cash flow management. The Iowa veterans home may temporarily draw more than the amount appropriated, provided the amount appropriated is not exceeded at the close of the fiscal year.
  3.  Revenues received that are attributed to the Iowa veterans home during a fiscal year shall be credited to the Iowa veterans home account and shall be considered appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, including but not limited to all of the following:
  a.  United States department of veterans affairs payments.
  b.  Medical assistance program revenue received under chapter 249A.
  c.  Federal Medicare program payments.
  d.  Other revenues generated from current, new, or expanded services that the Iowa veterans home is authorized to provide.
  4.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, any balance in the Iowa veterans home annual appropriation or revenues that remains unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for specified purposes of the Iowa veterans home until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
2005 Acts, ch 175, §57; 2008 Acts, ch 1187, §65, 97; 2009 Acts, ch 26, §6; 2013 Acts, ch 36, §13; 2024 Acts, ch 1185, §113, 114
Referred to in §35D.7
Subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 1 amended
Subsection 4 stricken and former subsection 5 renumbered as 4