HF 666 (LSB 2673HV (1) 86)

HOUSE FILE 666

BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 254)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to state and local finances by making transfers and appropriations, providing for properly related matters, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  STATE BOND REPAYMENT FUND.  There is transferred from the general fund of the state to the state bond repayment fund created pursuant to section 8.57F for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, an amount equal to $10,000,000.
    Sec. 2.  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of human services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to supplement the appropriation made pursuant to 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 138, section 142, unnumbered paragraph 2, as amended by 2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1140, section 14:

   ...................................................................... $ 43,000,000
    Sec. 3.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of public health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For the public purpose of providing grants to substance-related disorder treatment providers in accordance with this section:

   ...................................................................... $  2,300,000

   The appropriation made in this section shall be distributed as grants of $100,000 each to the nonprofit substance-related disorder treatment providers licensed under section 125.13 by the department as of January 1, 2014. The grants shall be used by the centers for the costs of implementing an electronic health record system. The electronic health record system implemented pursuant to a grant shall comply with the electronic health information provisions implemented pursuant to section 135.156 and with the mental health and disability services system central data repository implemented pursuant to section 225C.6A and other data requirements under chapter 225C.  Each recipient of a grant shall have the electronic health record system fully operational on or before July 1, 2019.
    Sec. 4.  RADIO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of public safety for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For the limited provision of vehicular repeater systems located in vehicles operated by the state, mobile radio systems located in vehicles operated by the state, and portable radios worn upon a person employed by the state and not for any radio network or interoperability platform, with the goal of achieving compliance with the federal communications commission’s narrowbanding mandate:

   ...................................................................... $  2,500,000
    Sec. 5.  COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX REPLACEMENT CLAIMS.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of revenue for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For the payment of commercial and industrial property tax replacement claims pursuant to section 441.21A in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015:

   ...................................................................... $  9,500,000
    Sec. 6.  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of corrections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For transition costs associated with the new correctional facility located at Fort Madison:

   ...................................................................... $    310,000
    Sec. 7.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:

   ...................................................................... $  2,515,933

   The moneys appropriated in this section are allocated pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C.

   Moneys appropriated in this section shall be used for purposes of nonrecurring expenses and not for operational purposes or ongoing expenses. For purposes of this section, “operational purposes” means salary, support, administrative expenses, or other personnel-related costs.
    Sec. 8.  UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For the university of Iowa:

   ...................................................................... $  2,886,538

   Moneys appropriated in this section shall be used for purposes of nonrecurring expenses and not for operational purposes or ongoing expenses. For purposes of this section, “operational purposes” means salary, support, administrative expenses, or other personnel-related costs.
    Sec. 9.  IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For Iowa state university of science and technology:

   ...................................................................... $  2,254,079

   Moneys appropriated in this section shall be used for purposes of nonrecurring expenses and not for operational purposes or ongoing expenses. For purposes of this section, “operational purposes” means salary, support, administrative expenses, or other personnel-related costs.
    Sec. 10.  UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For the university of northern Iowa:

   ...................................................................... $  1,114,709

   Moneys appropriated in this section shall be used for purposes of nonrecurring expenses and not for operational purposes or ongoing expenses. For purposes of this section, “operational purposes” means salary, support, administrative expenses, or other personnel-related costs.
    Sec. 11.  SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AREA EDUCATION AGENCY FUNDING SUPPLEMENTS.
   1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, fifty-five million seven hundred thousand dollars to make all funding supplement payments to school districts and area education agencies as calculated under subsection 2.
   2.  a.  (1)  Of the moneys appropriated to the department of education under subsection 1, fifty-three million six hundred seventeen thousand two hundred six dollars shall be used to provide a funding supplement to each school district during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016.
   (2)  Each school district’s funding supplement amount shall be equal to fifty-three million six hundred seventeen thousand two hundred six dollars multiplied by the quotient of the school district’s budget enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, divided by the statewide total budget enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016.
   b.  (1)  Of the moneys appropriated to the department of education under subsection 1, two million eighty-two thousand seven hundred ninety-four dollars shall be used to provide a funding supplement to each area education agency during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016.
   (2)  Each area education agency’s funding supplement amount shall be equal to two million eighty-two thousand seven hundred ninety-four dollars multiplied by the quotient of the area education agency’s special education support services weighted enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, divided by the statewide special education support services weighted enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016.
   3.  a.  Supplement amounts received under this section are intended to be used by school districts to fund a budget adjusted for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, and for instructional expenditures during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, and are intended to supplement, not supplant, existing school district funding for instructional expenditures. If a school district uses all or a portion of its supplement amount received under this section to fund a budget adjustment authorized under sections 257.14, the amount calculated to be raised by the additional property tax under section 257.4, subsection 1, shall be reduced by the department of management by an amount equal to the amount of the funding supplement used for such purpose. For purposes of this section, “instructional expenditures” means any of the following:
   (1)  Textbooks, as defined in section 301.1.
   (2)  Library books.
   (3)  Other instructional materials and equipment used directly by students.
   (4)  Transportation costs of the school district.
   (5)  Educational initiatives proven to increase student achievement in mathematics, literacy, or science in prekindergarten through grade twelve.
   b.  Supplement amounts received under this section are intended to be used by area education agencies for any special education services, media services, or education services purpose that the area education agency is authorized to provide during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016.
   4.  a.  The payment of funding supplement amounts under this section shall be paid by the department of education at the same time and in the same manner as foundation aid is paid to school districts under section 257.16 and as payments are made to area education agencies under section 257.35, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, and such amounts may be included in the monthly payment of state aid under section 257.16, subsection 2, and the monthly payment under section 257.35, subsection 1, as applicable.
   b.  Moneys received by a school district or an area education agency under this section are miscellaneous income and shall not be included in any computation of district cost under chapter 257 for any budget year.
    Sec. 12.  CLARINDA STATE MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE —— APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of human services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, to be used for the purposes designated, which amounts shall not be transferred or expended for any purpose other than the purpose designated, notwithstanding section 218.6 to the contrary:

   For operation of the state mental health institute at Clarinda as required by chapters 218 and 226, through December 15, 2015, for purposes of providing the acute inpatient psychiatric mental health program and the geropsychiatric program, at the same level of care and treatment as provided on July 1, 2014, for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:

   ...................................................................... $  1,810,000

   ............................................................... FTEs         58.00
    Sec. 13.  MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES REGIONAL FUNDING —— TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATION.
   1.  There is transferred from the general fund of the state to the department of human services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:

   For deposit in the property tax relief fund created in section 426B.1, for distribution as provided in this section:

   ...................................................................... $  1,040,000

   2.  a.  The moneys credited to the property tax relief fund in accordance with subsection 1 are appropriated to the department of human services for distribution to any mental health and disability services region where 25 percent of the region’s projected expenditures exceeds the region’s projected fund balance.
   b.  For purposes of this subsection:
   (1)  “Available funds” means a county mental health and services fund balance on June 30, 2015, plus the maximum amount a county was allowed to levy for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015.
   (2)  “Projected expenditures” means the actual expenditures of a mental health and disability services region as of June 30, 2015, multiplied by an annual inflation rate of 2 percent plus the projected costs for new core services administered by the region as provided in a region’s regional service system management plan approved pursuant to section 331.393 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015.
   (3)  “Projected fund balance” means the difference between a mental health and disability services region’s available funds and projected expenditures.
   c.  If sufficient funds are not available to implement this subsection, the department of human services shall distribute funds to a region in proportion to the availability of funds.
    Sec. 14.  REVERSION.  For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in this Act that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 15.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
    Sec. 16.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act, if approved by the governor on or after July 1, 2015, applies retroactively to June 30, 2015.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to state and local finances by making transfers and appropriations for FY 2014-2015.
   The bill transfers moneys from the general fund of the state to the state bond repayment fund.
   The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to the department of human services to supplement appropriations made for the medical assistance program, more commonly known as Medicaid.
   The bill appropriates moneys to the department of public health for providing grants to substance-related disorder treatment providers.
   The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to the department of public safety for the limited provision of vehicular repeater systems located in vehicles operated by the state, mobile radio systems located in vehicles operated by the state, and portable radios worn upon a person employed by the state and not for any radio network or interoperability platform, with the goal of achieving compliance with the federal communications commission’s narrowband mandate.
   The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to the department of revenue for the payment of commercial and industrial property tax replacement claims in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015.
   The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to the department of corrections for transition costs associated with the new correctional facility located at Fort Madison.
   The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to the department of education for general state financial aid to community colleges for nonrecurring expenses. Such moneys are allocated pursuant to the formula established in Code section 260C.18C.
   The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the university of Iowa, Iowa state university of science and technology, and the university of northern Iowa for nonrecurring expenses.
   The bill appropriates from the general fund of the state to the department of education for FY 2014-2015 $55,700,000 to make funding supplement payments to school districts and area education agencies, as calculated in the bill.
   Of this appropriation to the department of education, $53,617,206 shall be used to provide a funding supplement to each school district during FY 2015-2016. Each school district’s funding supplement amount is equal to $53,617,206 multiplied by the quotient of the school district’s budget enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, divided by the statewide total budget enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016.
   Of this appropriation to the department of education, $2,082,794 shall be used to provide a funding supplement to each area education agency during FY 2015-2016. Each area education agency’s funding supplement amount is equal to $2,082,794 multiplied by the quotient of the area education agency’s special education support services weighted enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, divided by the statewide special education support services weighted enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016.
   The bill provides that supplement amounts are intended to be used by school districts to fund a budget adjustment authorized under Code section 257.14 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and for instructional expenditures during FY 2015-2016, and are intended to supplement, not supplant, existing school district funding for instructional expenditures. The bill defines “instructional expenditures” to mean textbooks, library books, instructional materials and equipment used directly by students, transportation costs of the school district, and certain educational initiatives.
   Supplement amounts received under this Code section are intended to be used by area education agencies for any special education services, media services, or education services purpose that the area education agency is authorized to provide during FY 2015-2016.
   The bill establishes the timing and method for payment of funding supplement amounts and specifies that moneys received by a school district or an area education agency are miscellaneous income and shall not be included in any computation of district cost for any budget year.
   The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to the department of human services for operation of the state mental health institute at Clarinda.
   The bill transfers moneys from the general fund of the state for deposit in the property tax relief fund and appropriates such moneys to the department of human services for distribution to certain mental health and disability service regions.
   The bill provides that unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made in the bill do not revert at the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, but remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of FY 2015-2016.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.
   The bill provides that the bill, if approved by the governor on or after July 1, 2015, applies retroactively to June 30, 2015.