House Amendment 8295


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2473 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 3, by inserting after line 21 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  Section 331.424A, Code Supplement 2003,
     1  5 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
     1  6    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  a.  Notwithstanding contrary
     1  7 provisions of this section, a county may request
     1  8 approval of a waiver by the department of management
     1  9 to create a special program fund to receive moneys and
     1 10 to pay the direct and indirect costs of special
     1 11 program services provided to persons eligible for
     1 12 services payable from the services fund.  In
     1 13 requesting the waiver, the county shall provide
     1 14 information detailing how the special fund will be
     1 15 used, the basis upon which moneys will be credited and
     1 16 expended from the special fund, and other information
     1 17 specified by the department of management in order for
     1 18 the department to determine whether the special fund
     1 19 will be used in a manner that is appropriate to
     1 20 distinguish those uses from the uses of the services
     1 21 fund.  The department of management may authorize a
     1 22 waiver for a specific term or an indefinite term and a
     1 23 waiver is subject to other conditions that the
     1 24 department may apply to ensure that the special fund
     1 25 is operated solely for the purposes for which the
     1 26 special fund is authorized.  The department's approval
     1 27 of a waiver shall be based upon the department's
     1 28 determination that the special fund will be only be
     1 29 used for managing money for special program services
     1 30 provided to persons eligible for services paid from
     1 31 the services fund and are appropriate to distinguish
     1 32 those uses from the uses of the services fund.
     1 33    b.  The special program services may be provided to
     1 34 persons whose service costs are attributable to the
     1 35 county that created the special program fund or to
     1 36 other counties.  In addition to receipts from the
     1 37 services fund of the county that created the special
     1 38 program fund, receipts from federal, state, and other
     1 39 county and governments, and any other revenues
     1 40 associated with the provision of special program
     1 41 services shall be credited to the special program
     1 42 fund.  The levy limitation established pursuant to
     1 43 subsection 4 is not subject to increase as a result of
     1 44 the creation or administration of the special program
     1 45 fund.  The management plans approved pursuant to
     1 46 section 331.439 for the counties purchasing services
     1 47 from the special program fund shall address the
     1 48 services payable from the special program fund and the
     1 49 administration of the special program fund.>
     1 50 #2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and
     2  1 inserting the following:  <An Act relating to mental
     2  2 health, mental retardation, and developmental
     2  3 disabilities services by revising involuntary
     2  4 hospitalization procedures involving the county single
     2  5 entry point process and patient advocates and
     2  6 authorizing counties to create a special program fund
     2  7 for these services.>
     2  8 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2 12 CARROLL of Poweshiek
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     2 16 COHOON of Des Moines
     2 17 HF 2473.301 80
     2 18 jp/cf

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