House Study Bill 501 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON MILLER) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the reimbursement rate for juvenile shelter 1 care homes and including effective date and retroactive 2 applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5084YC (2) 86 rh/nh

H.F. _____ Section 1. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 137, section 29, 1 subsection 9, paragraph c, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. Notwithstanding section 232.141, subsection 8 , for the 3 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, the amount of the statewide 4 average of the actual and allowable rates for reimbursement of 5 juvenile shelter care homes that is utilized for the limitation 6 on recovery of unpaid costs shall remain at be increased by 7 $4.85 over the amount in effect for this purpose in the fiscal 8 year beginning July 1, 2014. 9 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 10 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 11 Sec. 3. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 12 retroactively to July 1, 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 makes a change to prior reimbursement rate 17 language in the 2015 health and human services appropriations 18 bill (2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 137 (Senate File 505)) requiring 19 the statewide average reimbursement rates paid through 20 the department of human services to juvenile shelter care 21 providers for FY 2015-2016 to remain at the rate in effect in 22 FY 2014-2015. The bill amends this provision to require the 23 statewide average reimbursement rate paid to juvenile shelter 24 care providers to be increased by $4.85 over the reimbursement 25 rate in effect for FY 2014-2015. 26 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies 27 retroactively to July 1, 2015. 28 -1- LSB 5084YC (2) 86 rh/nh 1/ 1