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. 2 9 2 10 2 11 2 12 CARROLL of Poweshiek 2 13 2 14 2 15 2 16 COHOON of Des Moines 2 17 HF 2473.301 80 2 18 jp/cf -1-