House File 382 HOUSE FILE BY HEATON Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for offset of certain billings to counties for 2 mental health, mental retardation, and developmental 3 disabilities services. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2806YH 80 6 jp/cf/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 331.438, subsection 2, paragraph c, 1 2 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 c. The department of human services shall provide for 1 4 payment of the amount due a county for the county's allowed 1 5 growth factor adjustment determined in accordance with this 1 6 subsection. However, if the state has outstanding billings to 1 7 a county for mental health, mental retardation, or 1 8 developmental disabilities services, the billings have been 1 9 outstanding for one year or more, and the county did not 1 10 contest the billing during the one=year period, the county's 1 11 allowed growth factor adjustment payment shall be reduced by 1 12 the amount of the outstanding billings. The amount of the 1 13 reduction of the county's allowed growth factor adjustment 1 14 payment shall be considered a repayment receipt and shall be 1 15 credited as though remitted by the county. The director of 1 16 human services shall authorize warrants payable to the county 1 17 treasurer for the amounts due and the warrants shall be mailed 1 18 in January of each year. The county treasurer shall credit 1 19 the amount of the warrant to the county's services fund 1 20 created under section 331.424A. 1 21 EXPLANATION 1 22 This bill amends Code section 331.438, relating to county 1 23 mental health, mental retardation, and developmental 1 24 disabilities services expenditures, to provide for offset of a 1 25 state payment to reflect outstanding billings to counties for 1 26 such services. If the state billings to a county have been 1 27 outstanding for one year or more and the county has not 1 28 contested the billings during the one=year period, the 1 29 county's allowed growth factor adjustment payment for such 1 30 services made annually in January is reduced by the amount of 1 31 the outstanding billings. The amount of the reduction is to 1 32 be considered a repayment receipt and credited as though 1 33 remitted by the county. 1 34 LSB 2806YH 80 1 35 jp/cf/24