House File 2384 HOUSE FILE BY HUSER and HEATON Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to billings for services provided to persons with 2 mental illness, mental retardation, or a developmental 3 disability involving counties and providing an effective date. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 6109YH 80 6 jp/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. DISPUTED BILLINGS. 1 2 1. To the extent allowable under federal law or 1 3 regulation, if the costs of a service are payable in whole or 1 4 in part by a county in accordance with a chapter of the Code 1 5 listed in this section, the service was rendered prior to July 1 6 1, 2002, and the county that would be obligated to pay for the 1 7 costs of the service has not been billed for the service or 1 8 has disputed the billing prior to the effective date of this 1 9 Act, or the state has fully charged off the cost of the 1 10 service to an appropriation made in a prior fiscal year or has 1 11 not provided information to appropriately document the basis 1 12 for the billing, the county shall have no obligation to pay 1 13 for the service. 1 14 2. This section is applicable to service costs that are a 1 15 county obligation under the following chapters of the Code: 1 16 a. Chapter 222. 1 17 b. Chapter 230. 1 18 c. Chapter 249A. 1 19 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 20 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 21 EXPLANATION 1 22 This bill relates to billings for services provided to 1 23 persons with mental illness, mental retardation, or 1 24 developmental disability involving counties. 1 25 The bill provides that if the costs of a service provided 1 26 before July 1, 2002, at a state resource center (Code chapter 1 27 222) or state mental health institute (Code chapter 230) or 1 28 paid for by the Medicaid program (Code chapter 249A) are 1 29 payable in whole or in part by a county, and the county has 1 30 not been billed or has disputed the billing, or the state has 1 31 fully charged off the billing to an appropriation in a 1 32 previous fiscal year or has not provided information to 1 33 appropriately document the billing, the county has no 1 34 obligation to pay the billing. 1 35 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 2 1 LSB 6109YH 80 2 2 jp/gg/14