Senate File 2384 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3229)


    Passed Senate,  Date               Passed House, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to reimbursement of providers of child welfare
  2    services and providing an applicability date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6460SV 82
  5 jp/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  234.4  CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
  1  2 PROVIDER REIMBURSEMENT.
  1  3    1.  For the purposes of this section, "child welfare
  1  4 services" means any of the following services to children and
  1  5 their families that are funded by the state in whole or in
  1  6 part from a source other than the medical assistance program
  1  7 under chapter 249A:
  1  8    a.  Family=centered services, family preservation, family
  1  9 foster care, group foster care, and related services intended
  1 10 to meet the safety and permanency needs of children.
  1 11    b.  Supportive services to children in family or group
  1 12 foster care.
  1 13    c.  Services receiving funding under Part B of Title IV of
  1 14 the federal Social Security Act.
  1 15    d.  Community care services.
  1 16    e.  Treatment or supportive services provided to children
  1 17 living in supervised apartment living services.
  1 18    f.  Shelter care services.
  1 19    g.  Court=ordered services provided pursuant to section
  1 20 232.141, subsection 4.
  1 21    h.  Services for recruiting and retaining foster and
  1 22 adoptive parents.
  1 23    2.  The reimbursement rates paid by the department of human
  1 24 services to a provider of child welfare services as of June 30
  1 25 of a fiscal year shall be increased on July 1 of the
  1 26 succeeding fiscal year by a percentage amount equal to the
  1 27 state percent of growth authorized in accordance with section
  1 28 257.8, subsection 1, for the budget year with the same dates
  1 29 as the succeeding fiscal year.  If a child welfare service is
  1 30 funded in part by the medical assistance program, the
  1 31 reimbursement rate increase provided under this section shall
  1 32 apply to the combined amount.
  1 33    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  Section 234.4, as enacted by this
  1 34 Act, is applicable beginning on July 1, 2009.
  1 35                           EXPLANATION
  2  1    This bill provides for an annual percentage increase in the
  2  2 reimbursement rate of providers of the following child welfare
  2  3 services funded in whole or part by the state from a source
  2  4 other than the medical assistance (Medicaid) program:
  2  5 family=centered, family preservation, family foster care,
  2  6 group foster care, and related services; supportive services
  2  7 to children in family or group foster care; certain services
  2  8 funded under Part B of Title IV of the federal Social Security
  2  9 Act; community care services; certain services provided to
  2 10 children in supervised apartment living services; shelter care
  2 11 services; certain court=ordered services; and services for
  2 12 recruiting and retaining foster and adoptive parents.
  2 13    The increase is equal to the state percent of growth for
  2 14 schools for the school budget year with the same dates as the
  2 15 fiscal year of increase.  The bill provides for the increase
  2 16 for non=Medicaid services in new Code section 234.4.  If a
  2 17 child welfare service is funded from more than one source, the
  2 18 reimbursement increase applies to the combined amount.
  2 19    The bill is applicable beginning July 1, 2009.
  2 20 LSB 6460SV 82
  2 21 jp/nh/8