House Study Bill 254 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SODERBERG) A BILL FOR An Act relating to state and local finances by making transfers 1 and appropriations, providing for properly related matters, 2 and including effective date and retroactive applicability 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2673YC (10) 86 tm/rn
H.F. _____ Section 1. STATE BOND REPAYMENT FUND. There is transferred 1 from the general fund of the state to the state bond repayment 2 fund created pursuant to section 8.57F for the fiscal year 3 beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, an amount 4 equal to $10,000,000. 5 Sec. 2. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. There is appropriated 6 from the general fund of the state to the department of human 7 services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending 8 June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 9 necessary, to supplement the appropriation made pursuant to 10 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 138, section 142, unnumbered paragraph 11 2, as amended by 2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1140, section 14: 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 43,000,000 13 Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. There is appropriated 14 from the general fund of the state to the department of public 15 health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending 16 June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 17 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 18 For the public purpose of providing grants to 19 substance-related disorder treatment providers in accordance 20 with this section: 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,300,000 22 The appropriation made in this section shall be distributed 23 as grants of $100,000 each to the nonprofit substance-related 24 disorder treatment providers licensed under section 125.13 25 by the department as of January 1, 2014. The grants shall 26 be used by the centers for the costs of implementing an 27 electronic health record system. The electronic health record 28 system implemented pursuant to a grant shall comply with the 29 electronic health information provisions implemented pursuant 30 to section 135.156 and with the mental health and disability 31 services system central data repository implemented pursuant to 32 section 225C.6A and other data requirements under chapter 225C. 33 Each recipient of a grant shall have the electronic health 34 record system fully operational on or before July 1, 2019. 35 -1- LSB 2673YC (10) 86 tm/rn 1/ 11
H.F. _____ Sec. 4. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT. There is 1 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the 2 department of public safety for the fiscal year beginning July 3 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or 4 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes 5 designated: 6 For the limited provision of vehicular repeater systems 7 located in vehicles operated by the state, mobile radio 8 systems located in vehicles operated by the state, and portable 9 radios worn upon a person employed by the state and not for 10 any radio network or interoperability platform, with the 11 goal of achieving compliance with the federal communications 12 commission’s narrowbanding mandate: 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,500,000 14 Sec. 5. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX REPLACEMENT 15 CLAIMS. There is appropriated from the general fund of 16 the state to the department of revenue for the fiscal year 17 beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following 18 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the 19 purposes designated: 20 For the payment of commercial and industrial property tax 21 replacement claims pursuant to section 441.21A in the fiscal 22 year beginning July 1, 2015: 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,500,000 24 Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. There is appropriated 25 from the general fund of the state to the department of 26 corrections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and 27 ending June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof 28 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 29 For transition costs associated with the new correctional 30 facility located at Fort Madison: 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 310,000 32 Sec. 7. COMMUNITY COLLEGES. There is appropriated from the 33 general fund of the state to the department of education for 34 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 35 -2- LSB 2673YC (10) 86 tm/rn 2/ 11
H.F. _____ 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 1 to be used for the purposes designated: 2 For general state financial aid to merged areas as defined in 3 section 260C.2 in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C: 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,515,933 5 The moneys appropriated in this section are allocated 6 pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C. 7 Moneys appropriated in this section shall be used for 8 purposes of nonrecurring expenses and not for operational 9 purposes or ongoing expenses. For purposes of this section, 10 “operational purposes” means salary, support, administrative 11 expenses, or other personnel-related costs. 12 Sec. 8. UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. There is appropriated from the 13 general fund of the state to the state board of regents for the 14 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, 15 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be 16 used for the purposes designated: 17 For the university of Iowa: 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,886,538 19 Moneys appropriated in this section shall be used for 20 purposes of nonrecurring expenses and not for operational 21 purposes or ongoing expenses. For purposes of this section, 22 “operational purposes” means salary, support, administrative 23 expenses, or other personnel-related costs. 24 Sec. 9. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND 25 TECHNOLOGY. There is appropriated from the general fund of 26 the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year 27 beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following 28 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the 29 purposes designated: 30 For Iowa state university of science and technology: 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,254,079 32 Moneys appropriated in this section shall be used for 33 purposes of nonrecurring expenses and not for operational 34 purposes or ongoing expenses. For purposes of this section, 35 -3- LSB 2673YC (10) 86 tm/rn 3/ 11
H.F. _____ “operational purposes” means salary, support, administrative 1 expenses, or other personnel-related costs. 2 Sec. 10. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA. There is appropriated 3 from the general fund of the state to the state board of 4 regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending 5 June 30, 2015, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 6 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 7 For the university of northern Iowa: 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,114,709 9 Moneys appropriated in this section shall be used for 10 purposes of nonrecurring expenses and not for operational 11 purposes or ongoing expenses. For purposes of this section, 12 “operational purposes” means salary, support, administrative 13 expenses, or other personnel-related costs. 14 Sec. 11. SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AREA EDUCATION AGENCY FUNDING 15 SUPPLEMENTS. 16 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 17 to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning 18 July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, fifty-five million 19 seven hundred thousand dollars to make all funding supplement 20 payments to school districts and area education agencies as 21 calculated under subsection 2. 22 2. a. (1) Of the moneys appropriated to the department of 23 education under subsection 1, fifty-three million six hundred 24 seventeen thousand two hundred six dollars shall be used to 25 provide a funding supplement to each school district during the 26 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016. 27 (2) Each school district’s funding supplement amount 28 shall be equal to fifty-three million six hundred seventeen 29 thousand two hundred six dollars multiplied by the quotient of 30 the school district’s budget enrollment for the budget year 31 beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, divided by 32 the statewide total budget enrollment for the budget year 33 beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016. 34 b. (1) Of the moneys appropriated to the department of 35 -4- LSB 2673YC (10) 86 tm/rn 4/ 11
H.F. _____ education under subsection 1, two million eighty-two thousand 1 seven hundred ninety-four dollars shall be used to provide a 2 funding supplement to each area education agency during the 3 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016. 4 (2) Each area education agency’s funding supplement 5 amount shall be equal to two million eighty-two thousand seven 6 hundred ninety-four dollars multiplied by the quotient of the 7 area education agency’s special education support services 8 weighted enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, 9 and ending June 30, 2016, divided by the statewide special 10 education support services weighted enrollment for the budget 11 year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016. 12 3. a. Supplement amounts received under this section 13 are intended to be used by school districts to fund a budget 14 adjusted for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending 15 June 30, 2016, and for instructional expenditures during 16 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 17 2016, and are intended to supplement, not supplant, existing 18 school district funding for instructional expenditures. If 19 a school district uses all or a portion of its supplement 20 amount received under this section to fund a budget adjustment 21 authorized under sections 257.14, the amount calculated to be 22 raised by the additional property tax under section 257.4, 23 subsection 1, shall be reduced by the department of management 24 by an amount equal to the amount of the funding supplement used 25 for such purpose. For purposes of this section, “instructional 26 expenditures” means any of the following: 27 (1) Textbooks, as defined in section 301.1. 28 (2) Library books. 29 (3) Other instructional materials and equipment used 30 directly by students. 31 (4) Transportation costs of the school district. 32 (5) Educational initiatives proven to increase student 33 achievement in mathematics, literacy, or science in 34 prekindergarten through grade twelve. 35 -5- LSB 2673YC (10) 86 tm/rn 5/ 11
H.F. _____ b. Supplement amounts received under this section are 1 intended to be used by area education agencies for any special 2 education services, media services, or education services 3 purpose that the area education agency is authorized to provide 4 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 5 30, 2016. 6 4. a. The payment of funding supplement amounts under this 7 section shall be paid by the department of education at the 8 same time and in the same manner as foundation aid is paid to 9 school districts under section 257.16 and as payments are made 10 to area education agencies under section 257.35, for the fiscal 11 year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, and such 12 amounts may be included in the monthly payment of state aid 13 under section 257.16, subsection 2, and the monthly payment 14 under section 257.35, subsection 1, as applicable. 15 b. Moneys received by a school district or an area education 16 agency under this section are miscellaneous income and shall 17 not be included in any computation of district cost under 18 chapter 257 for any budget year. 19 Sec. 12. CLARINDA STATE MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE —— 20 APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the general fund of 21 the state to the department of human services for the fiscal 22 year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the 23 following amount, to be used for the purposes designated, which 24 amounts shall not be transferred or expended for any purpose 25 other than the purpose designated, notwithstanding section 26 218.6 to the contrary: 27 For operation of the state mental health institute at 28 Clarinda as required by chapters 218 and 226, through December 29 15, 2015, for purposes of providing the acute inpatient 30 psychiatric mental health program and the geropsychiatric 31 program, at the same level of care and treatment as provided 32 on July 1, 2014, for salaries, support, maintenance, and 33 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following 34 full-time equivalent positions: 35 -6- LSB 2673YC (10) 86 tm/rn 6/ 11
H.F. _____ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,810,000 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 58.00 2 Sec. 13. MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES REGIONAL 3 FUNDING —— TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATION. 4 1. There is transferred from the general fund of the 5 state to the department of human services for the fiscal year 6 beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following 7 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the 8 purposes designated: 9 For deposit in the property tax relief fund created in 10 section 426B.1, for distribution as provided in this section: 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,040,000 12 2. a. The moneys credited to the property tax relief 13 fund in accordance with subsection 1 are appropriated to the 14 department of human services for distribution to any mental 15 health and disability services region where 25 percent of the 16 region’s projected expenditures exceeds the region’s projected 17 fund balance. 18 b. For purposes of this subsection: 19 (1) “Available funds” means a county mental health and 20 services fund balance on June 30, 2015, plus the maximum amount 21 a county was allowed to levy for the fiscal year beginning July 22 1, 2015. 23 (2) “Projected expenditures” means the actual expenditures 24 of a mental health and disability services region as of June 25 30, 2015, multiplied by an annual inflation rate of 2 percent 26 plus the projected costs for new core services administered by 27 the region as provided in a region’s regional service system 28 management plan approved pursuant to section 331.393 for the 29 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015. 30 (3) “Projected fund balance” means the difference between a 31 mental health and disability services region’s available funds 32 and projected expenditures. 33 c. If sufficient funds are not available to implement this 34 subsection, the department of human services shall distribute 35 -7- LSB 2673YC (10) 86 tm/rn 7/ 11
H.F. _____ funds to a region in proportion to the availability of funds. 1 Sec. 14. REVERSION. For purposes of section 8.33, unless 2 specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in this 3 Act that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the 4 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, 5 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure 6 for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding 7 fiscal year. 8 Sec. 15. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed 9 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 10 Sec. 16. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act, if approved 11 by the governor on or after July 1, 2015, applies retroactively 12 to June 30, 2015. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill relates to state and local finances by making 17 transfers and appropriations for FY 2014-2015. 18 The bill transfers moneys from the general fund of the state 19 to the state bond repayment fund. 20 The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of 21 the state to the department of human services to supplement 22 appropriations made for the medical assistance program, more 23 commonly known as Medicaid. 24 The bill appropriates moneys to the department of public 25 health for providing grants to substance-related disorder 26 treatment providers. 27 The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of 28 the state to the department of public safety for the limited 29 provision of vehicular repeater systems located in vehicles 30 operated by the state, mobile radio systems located in 31 vehicles operated by the state, and portable radios worn upon 32 a person employed by the state and not for any radio network 33 or interoperability platform, with the goal of achieving 34 compliance with the federal communications commission’s 35 -8- LSB 2673YC (10) 86 tm/rn 8/ 11
H.F. _____ narrowband mandate. 1 The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of 2 the state to the department of revenue for the payment of 3 commercial and industrial property tax replacement claims in 4 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015. 5 The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the 6 state to the department of corrections for transition costs 7 associated with the new correctional facility located at Fort 8 Madison. 9 The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of 10 the state to the department of education for general state 11 financial aid to community colleges for nonrecurring expenses. 12 Such moneys are allocated pursuant to the formula established 13 in Code section 260C.18C. 14 The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the 15 state to the state board of regents for the university of 16 Iowa, Iowa state university of science and technology, and the 17 university of northern Iowa for nonrecurring expenses. 18 The bill appropriates from the general fund of the state to 19 the department of education for FY 2014-2015 $55,700,000 to 20 make funding supplement payments to school districts and area 21 education agencies, as calculated in the bill. 22 Of this appropriation to the department of education, 23 $53,617,206 shall be used to provide a funding supplement 24 to each school district during FY 2015-2016. Each school 25 district’s funding supplement amount is equal to $53,617,206 26 multiplied by the quotient of the school district’s budget 27 enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and 28 ending June 30, 2016, divided by the statewide total budget 29 enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and 30 ending June 30, 2016. 31 Of this appropriation to the department of education, 32 $2,082,794 shall be used to provide a funding supplement to 33 each area education agency during FY 2015-2016. Each area 34 education agency’s funding supplement amount is equal to 35 -9- LSB 2673YC (10) 86 tm/rn 9/ 11
H.F. _____ $2,082,794 multiplied by the quotient of the area education 1 agency’s special education support services weighted enrollment 2 for the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 3 30, 2016, divided by the statewide special education support 4 services weighted enrollment for the budget year beginning July 5 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016. 6 The bill provides that supplement amounts are intended to be 7 used by school districts to fund a budget adjustment authorized 8 under Code section 257.14 for the budget year beginning July 1, 9 2015, and for instructional expenditures during FY 2015-2016, 10 and are intended to supplement, not supplant, existing school 11 district funding for instructional expenditures. The bill 12 defines “instructional expenditures” to mean textbooks, library 13 books, instructional materials and equipment used directly by 14 students, transportation costs of the school district, and 15 certain educational initiatives. 16 Supplement amounts received under this Code section are 17 intended to be used by area education agencies for any special 18 education services, media services, or education services 19 purpose that the area education agency is authorized to provide 20 during FY 2015-2016. 21 The bill establishes the timing and method for payment 22 of funding supplement amounts and specifies that moneys 23 received by a school district or an area education agency 24 are miscellaneous income and shall not be included in any 25 computation of district cost for any budget year. 26 The bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the 27 state to the department of human services for operation of the 28 state mental health institute at Clarinda. 29 The bill transfers moneys from the general fund of 30 the state for deposit in the property tax relief fund and 31 appropriates such moneys to the department of human services 32 for distribution to certain mental health and disability 33 service regions. 34 The bill provides that unencumbered or unobligated moneys 35 -10- LSB 2673YC (10) 86 tm/rn 10/ 11
H.F. _____ from an appropriation made in the bill do not revert at the 1 close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, but remain 2 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the 3 close of FY 2015-2016. 4 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 5 The bill provides that the bill, if approved by the governor 6 on or after July 1, 2015, applies retroactively to June 30, 7 2015. 8 -11- LSB 2673YC (10) 86 tm/rn 11/ 11