House File 160 H-1004 Amend House File 160 as follows: 1 1. By striking page 1, line 1, through page 2, line 2 35, and inserting: 3 < Section 1. MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES 4 REDESIGN TRANSITION FUND. 5 1. There is transferred from the general fund of 6 the state to the department of human services for the 7 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 8 2013, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 9 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 10 To be credited to the mental health and disability 11 services redesign transition fund created in 2012 Iowa 12 Acts, chapter 1120, section 23: 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,000,000 14 2. a. The moneys credited to the mental health and 15 disability services redesign transition fund pursuant 16 to subsection 1 are appropriated to the department 17 of human services for allocation as provided in this 18 lettered paragraph. The moneys shall be allocated to 19 those counties identified by the department in scenario 20 1 of the department’s report on the transition fund 21 submitted to the general assembly on December 4, 2012, 22 pursuant to 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1120, section 23, 23 to be used to continue or restore services as provided 24 in the county applications in the award amounts 25 determined by the department and listed under scenario 26 1 in the report appendix. In addition, the moneys 27 shall be allocated to the identified counties and to 28 the other counties that applied for the transition 29 fund, in the amounts necessary for the counties to 30 carry forward from the fiscal year beginning July 1, 31 2012, to the succeeding fiscal year, an ending balance 32 of not less than 16.87 percent nor more than 25 percent 33 of the amount each of the counties levied for the 34 services fund created in section 331.424A for the 35 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012. 36 b. The allocations under this subsection shall be 37 remitted to counties not later than two calendar weeks 38 following the effective date of this division of this 39 Act. 40 c. A county receiving an allocation under this 41 subsection and any other county with an obligation for 42 outstanding undisputed Medicaid billings from a prior 43 fiscal year shall either remit any unpaid portion of 44 the obligation to the state before the close of the 45 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, or have developed a 46 plan with the department for payment of the obligation 47 over a defined period of time. > 48 2. By renumbering as necessary. 49 -1- HF160.88 (1) 85 jp/rj 1/ 2 #1.