H-8326

   Amend House File 2578 as follows:
   1.  Page 79, after line 8 by inserting: 
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QUARTERLY REPORTS —— MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES REGIONS —— CHILDREN AND ADULT SERVICES

   Sec. ___.  Section 331.400, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   331.400  Quarterly reports.
   Beginning with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, the department shall deliver on a quarterly basis a report to the general assembly that provides a summary of the status of implementing core services in each region, the accessibility of core services in each region, how each region is using the funding provided under section 225C.7A, and recommendations for improvements to the mental health and disability services system in order to attain the outcome improvement goals set by the department consistent with the goals specified in the performance-based contracts under section 225C.7A, subsection 2, paragraph “c”, subparagraph (5).  As part of the analysis of utilization of the funding by each region, the quarterly reports shall provide a breakdown of the funding being used for services for adults and of the funding being used for services for children, and shall identify any gaps in the service arrays for adults and children.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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