House Study Bill 650 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SANDS) A BILL FOR An Act relating to county levy authority for mental health and 1 disability services funding. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6050YC (2) 86 rh/sc
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 331.424A, subsection 8, unnumbered 1 paragraph 1, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows: 2 Notwithstanding subsection 6 , for the fiscal years beginning 3 July 1, 2013, July 1, 2014, July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016, and 4 July 1, 2017, county revenues from taxes levied by the county 5 and credited to the county services fund shall not exceed the 6 lower of the following amounts: 7 Sec. 2. Section 426B.3, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended 8 to read as follows: 9 1. For the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2013, July 1, 10 2014, July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017, the 11 state and county funding for the mental health and disability 12 services administered or paid for by counties shall be provided 13 based on a statewide per capita expenditure target amount 14 computed in accordance with this section and section 331.424A . 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 Under current law, for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 19 2013, and ending June 30, 2017, county revenues from property 20 taxes levied by the county and credited to a county mental 21 health and disabilities services fund shall not exceed the 22 lower of the amount of the county’s base year expenditures for 23 mental health and disability services or the amount equal to 24 the product of the statewide per capita expenditure target 25 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 (established in 26 Code section 462B.3, subsection 2), multiplied by the county’s 27 general population for the same fiscal year. This bill amends 28 Code section 331.424A, relating to the county levy authority 29 for mental health and disabilities services (MD/DS) funding, 30 and Code section 426B.3, relating to per capita funding, to 31 extend these provisions by one year to FY 2017-2018. 32 -1- LSB 6050YC (2) 86 rh/sc 1/ 1