House
File
160
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
160
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
103)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
mental
health
and
disability
services
by
1
making
transfers
and
appropriations
for
the
fiscal
year
2
beginning
July
1,
2012,
and
including
related
changes
and
3
effective
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH
INSURANCE
PROGRAM
——
CHILD
1
ENROLLMENT
CONTINGENCY
FUND
——
MENTAL
HEALTH
AND
DISABILITY
2
SERVICES
REDESIGN
TRANSITION
FUND
——
FY
2012-2013.
3
1.
Of
the
moneys
received
from
the
federal
government
4
through
the
child
enrollment
contingency
fund
established
5
pursuant
to
section
103
of
the
federal
Children’s
Health
6
Insurance
Program
Reauthorization
Act
of
2009,
Pub.
L.
No.
7
111-3,
the
following
amount
is
transferred
from
such
moneys
to
8
the
department
of
human
services
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
9
July
1,
2012,
and
ending
June
30,
2013,
to
be
credited
as
10
follows:
11
To
be
credited
to
the
mental
health
and
disability
services
12
redesign
transition
fund
created
in
2012
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
13
1120,
section
23:
14
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$
11,628,317
15
2.
The
moneys
credited
to
the
mental
health
and
disability
16
services
redesign
transition
fund
pursuant
to
subsection
1
are
17
appropriated
to
the
department
of
human
services
for
allocation
18
to
counties
as
follows:
19
a.
To
those
counties
identified
by
the
department
in
20
scenario
1
of
the
department’s
report
on
the
transition
fund
21
submitted
to
the
general
assembly
on
December
1,
2012,
pursuant
22
to
2012
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1120,
section
23,
to
be
used
to
23
continue
or
restore
services
as
provided
in
the
application
and
24
the
department’s
determination
of
the
award
amount:
25
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$
11,628,317
26
b.
The
allocations
under
this
subsection
shall
be
remitted
27
to
counties
not
later
than
two
calendar
weeks
following
the
28
effective
date
of
this
Act.
29
c.
A
county
receiving
an
allocation
under
this
subsection
30
shall
remit
to
the
department
any
unpaid
portion
of
the
31
county’s
obligation
for
the
nonfederal
share
of
undisputed
32
medical
assistance
program
billings
incurred
in
a
fiscal
year
33
prior
to
FY
2012-2013.
The
unpaid
portion
shall
be
remitted
34
prior
to
June
30,
2013,
from
moneys
available
to
the
county
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that
meet
federal
match
requirements
for
the
program.
1
d.
A
county
receiving
an
allocation
under
this
subsection
2
shall
comply
with
any
audit
requirements
for
the
county’s
3
expenditures
relating
to
the
allocation.
The
department
shall
4
develop
the
audit
requirements
with
assistance
from
the
office
5
of
the
auditor
of
state.
The
audit
requirements
may
be
applied
6
on
a
selective
or
random
basis
so
that
the
audit
requirements
7
do
not
apply
to
all
counties
receiving
an
allocation.
Any
8
costs
relating
to
the
audit
requirements
are
the
responsibility
9
of
the
department.
10
3.
A
county
that
applied
for
moneys
from
the
transition
11
fund
pursuant
to
2012
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1120,
section
23,
but
12
was
not
identified
in
the
department’s
recommendation
for
an
13
award
in
the
report
on
the
transition
fund
shall
enter
into
14
an
agreement
with
the
department
for
remittance
of
any
unpaid
15
portion
of
the
county’s
obligation
for
the
nonfederal
share
16
of
undisputed
medical
assistance
program
billings
incurred
in
17
a
fiscal
year
prior
to
FY
2012-2013.
A
county
that
did
not
18
apply
for
moneys
from
the
transition
fund
shall
either
remit
19
any
unpaid
portion
of
the
county’s
obligation
for
such
program
20
billings
by
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2012,
21
or
shall
enter
into
an
agreement
to
do
so.
An
agreement
under
22
this
subsection
shall
provide
for
remittance
of
any
unpaid
23
portion
by
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2013.
24
4.
For
purposes
of
an
application
for
county
formation
of
25
a
mental
health
and
disability
services
region
submitted
on
26
or
before
April
1,
2013,
in
accordance
with
section
331.389,
27
subsection
4,
the
director
of
human
services
may
approve
an
28
application
for
a
region
that
includes
a
county
that
is
not
29
contiguous
with
any
of
the
other
counties
in
the
region,
30
as
otherwise
required
under
section
331.389,
subsection
3,
31
paragraph
“a”
,
if
the
county
that
is
not
contiguous
has
had
a
32
formal
relationship
for
two
years
or
longer
with
one
or
more
of
33
the
other
counties
in
the
region
for
provision
of
mental
health
34
and
disability
services.
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Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
1
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
2
EXPLANATION
3
This
bill
relates
to
mental
health
and
disability
services
4
(MH/DS)
by
making
transfers
and
appropriations
for
FY
2012-2013
5
and
other
related
changes.
6
The
transfers
and
appropriations
are
made
for
purposes
of
7
the
MH/DS
redesign
legislation
enacted
in
2012
(2012
Iowa
Acts,
8
chapter
1120
(SF
2315)
and
chapter
1123
(SF
2336)).
9
A
transfer
of
approximately
$11.6
million
is
made
from
10
federal
child
enrollment
contingency
fund
moneys
to
the
11
department
of
human
services
(DHS)
to
be
credited
to
the
12
temporary
transition
fund
created
in
the
redesign
legislation.
13
The
moneys
are
then
appropriated
from
the
transition
fund
to
14
DHS
for
allocation
to
counties
that
applied
for
assistance
from
15
the
fund
and
were
identified
in
the
DHS
transition
fund
report,
16
scenario
1.
17
A
county
receiving
an
allocation
from
the
fund
is
required
18
to
remit
to
DHS
any
unpaid
portion
of
the
county’s
obligation
19
for
the
nonfederal
share
of
undisputed
medical
assistance
20
(Medicaid)
program
billings
incurred
in
a
fiscal
year
prior
to
21
FY
2012-2013.
Remittance
of
the
unpaid
portion
is
required
22
prior
to
June
30,
2013,
from
moneys
available
to
the
county
23
that
meet
federal
match
requirements
for
the
program.
24
A
county
receiving
an
allocation
is
required
to
comply
with
25
any
audit
requirements
for
the
county’s
expenditures
relating
26
to
the
allocation.
DHS
is
directed
to
develop
the
audit
27
requirements
with
assistance
from
the
office
of
the
auditor
of
28
state
which
may
be
applied
on
a
selective
or
random
basis
so
29
that
the
requirements
do
not
apply
to
all
counties
receiving
30
an
allocation.
Any
costs
relating
to
the
audit
requirements
31
are
the
responsibility
of
DHS.
32
A
county
that
applied
for
moneys
from
the
transition
fund
33
but
was
not
identified
in
the
DHS
report
recommendation
for
34
an
award
is
required
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
DHS
for
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remittance
of
any
unpaid
portion
of
the
county’s
obligation
for
1
the
nonfederal
share
of
undisputed
medical
assistance
program
2
billings
incurred
in
a
prior
fiscal
year.
A
county
that
did
3
not
apply
for
moneys
from
the
transition
fund
is
required
to
4
remit
any
unpaid
portion
of
the
county’s
obligation
for
such
5
program
billings
by
the
end
of
FY
2012-2013
or
enter
into
6
an
agreement
to
do
so.
Any
such
agreement
must
provide
for
7
remittance
of
any
unpaid
portion
by
the
end
of
FY
2013-2014.
8
The
criteria
for
approval
of
county
applications
to
9
voluntarily
form
MH/DS
regions
which
must
be
submitted
by
10
April
1,
2013,
are
addressed.
The
DHS
director
may
authorize
11
an
exemption
from
the
requirement
that
the
counties
must
be
12
contiguous.
The
county
that
is
not
contiguous
must
have
had
a
13
formal
relationship
for
two
years
or
longer
with
one
or
more
of
14
the
other
counties
in
the
region.
15
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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