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