Senate
File
2236
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2236
BY
SEGEBART
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
county
funding
of
mental
health
and
1
disability
services
and
the
mental
health
and
disability
2
services
property
tax
levy.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
222.73,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
The
per
diem
costs
billed
to
each
mental
health
and
3
disability
services
region
shall
not
exceed
the
per
diem
costs
4
billed
to
the
county
in
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
1996.
5
However,
the
per
diem
costs
billed
to
a
county
may
be
adjusted
6
for
a
fiscal
year
to
reflect
increased
costs
to
the
extent
of
7
the
percentage
increase
in
the
statewide
per
capita
expenditure
8
target
amount,
if
any
per
capita
growth
amount
is
authorized
by
9
the
general
assembly
for
that
fiscal
year
in
accordance
with
10
section
331.424A
426B.3
.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
331.424A,
subsections
6
and
8,
Code
2016,
12
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
13
6.
For
each
fiscal
year,
the
county
shall
certify
a
levy
14
for
payment
of
services.
For
each
fiscal
year,
county
revenues
15
from
taxes
imposed
by
the
county
credited
to
the
services
fund
16
shall
not
exceed
an
amount
equal
to
the
amount
of
base
year
17
expenditures
for
mental
health
and
disability
services.
A
18
levy
certified
under
this
section
is
not
subject
to
the
appeal
19
provisions
of
section
331.426
or
to
any
other
provision
in
law
20
authorizing
a
county
to
exceed,
increase,
or
appeal
a
property
21
tax
levy
limit.
22
8.
Notwithstanding
subsection
6
,
for
the
fiscal
years
23
beginning
July
1,
2013,
July
1,
2014,
July
1,
2015,
and
July
24
1,
2016,
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2017,
and
25
thereafter,
county
revenues
from
taxes
levied
by
the
county
and
26
credited
to
the
county
services
fund
shall
not
exceed
the
lower
27
of
the
following
amounts:
28
a.
The
amount
of
the
county’s
base
year
expenditures
for
29
mental
health
and
disabilities
services.
30
b.
The
an
amount
equal
to
the
product
of
the
statewide
per
31
capita
expenditure
target
amount
established
in
section
426B.3
32
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2013,
multiplied
by
the
33
county’s
general
population
as
determined
by
the
state
for
the
34
same
fiscal
year.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
Under
current
law,
for
the
fiscal
period
beginning
July
1,
4
2013,
and
ending
June
30,
2017,
county
revenues
from
property
5
taxes
levied
by
the
county
and
credited
to
a
county
mental
6
health
and
disabilities
services
fund
shall
not
exceed
the
7
lower
of
the
amount
of
the
county’s
base
year
expenditures
for
8
mental
health
and
disability
services
or
the
amount
equal
to
9
the
product
of
the
statewide
per
capita
expenditure
target
10
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2013
(established
in
11
Code
section
462B.3,
subsection
2),
multiplied
by
the
county’s
12
general
population
for
the
same
fiscal
year.
After
June
30,
13
2017,
current
law
provides
that
county
revenues
from
property
14
taxes
levied
and
credited
to
the
services
fund
shall
not
exceed
15
an
amount
equal
to
the
county’s
base
year
expenditures
for
16
these
services.
17
This
bill
establishes,
for
FY
2017-2018
and
subsequent
18
fiscal
years,
a
statewide
standard
property
tax
levy
for
mental
19
health
and
disability
services
based
upon
the
per
capita
20
expenditure
target
of
$47.28
established
in
FY
2013-2014
21
multiplied
by
the
county’s
general
population.
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