House
Study
Bill
648
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
GRASSLEY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
public
funding
and
regulatory
matters
1
and
making,
reducing,
transferring,
and
supplementing
2
appropriations
for
expenditures
in
the
fiscal
year
beginning
3
July
1,
2017,
and
including
effective
date
and
retroactive
4
applicability
provisions.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
6
TLSB
6175YC
(4)
87
tm/rn
H.F.
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DIVISION
I
1
APPROPRIATION
REDUCTIONS
2
Section
1.
EXECUTIVE
BRANCH
APPROPRIATION
REDUCTIONS.
3
1.
For
the
period
beginning
on
the
effective
date
of
this
4
section
and
ending
on
June
30,
2018,
the
following
departments
5
and
agencies
and
the
judicial
branch
are
subject
to
a
reduction
6
in
expenditures
made
from
appropriations
from
the
general
fund
7
in
the
following
amounts:
8
a.
Department
of
administrative
services
9
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$
62,560
10
b.
Auditor
of
state
11
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$
8,062
12
c.
Department
of
commerce
13
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$
12,433
14
d.
Executive
council
15
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$
777
16
e.
Governor’s
office
17
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$
20,888
18
f.
Governor’s
office
of
drug
control
policy
19
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$
2,058
20
g.
Department
of
human
rights
21
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$
21,228
22
h.
Department
of
inspections
and
appeals
23
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$
102,374
24
i.
State
public
defender
25
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$
236,041
26
j.
Department
of
management
27
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$
22,629
28
k.
Department
of
revenue
29
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$
742,757
30
l.
Secretary
of
state
31
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$
31,525
32
m.
Treasurer
of
state
33
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$
9,256
34
n.
Department
of
agriculture
and
land
stewardship
35
-1-
LSB
6175YC
(4)
87
tm/rn
1/
10
H.F.
_____
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$
188,688
1
o.
Department
of
natural
resources
2
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$
123,373
3
p.
Department
of
cultural
affairs
4
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$
51,893
5
q.
Department
of
economic
development
6
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$
132,013
7
r.
Iowa
workforce
development
8
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$
341,013
9
s.
Department
for
the
blind
10
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$
19,720
11
t.
College
aid
commission
12
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$
94,172
13
u.
Department
of
education
14
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$
784,830
15
v.
Community
colleges
16
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$
500,000
17
w.
Vocational
rehabilitation
18
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$
54,472
19
x.
Iowa
public
television
20
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$
68,421
21
y.
Board
of
regents
22
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$
8,133,070
23
z.
Department
on
aging
24
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$
110,012
25
aa.
Department
of
public
health
26
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$
662,871
27
ab.
Department
of
human
services
28
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$
4,316,042
29
ac.
Department
of
veterans
affairs
30
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$
36,877
31
ad.
Iowa
veterans
home
32
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$
65,164
33
ae.
Department
of
Justice
34
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$
378,471
35
-2-
LSB
6175YC
(4)
87
tm/rn
2/
10
H.F.
_____
af.
Iowa
civil
rights
commission
1
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$
10,431
2
ag.
Department
of
corrections
3
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$
3,405,688
4
ah.
Law
enforcement
academy
5
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$
8,607
6
ai.
Department
of
public
defense
7
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$
59,193
8
aj.
Department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
9
management
10
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$
19,130
11
ak.
Department
of
public
safety
12
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$
500,000
13
al.
Judicial
branch
14
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$
2,000,000
15
2.
The
department
of
management,
in
consultation
with
16
the
departments
and
agencies
and
the
judicial
branch
listed
17
in
subsection
1,
shall
identify
and
implement
the
reductions
18
in
subsection
1
with
respect
to
the
appropriate
general
fund
19
appropriations.
Within
fifteen
days
of
the
effective
date
of
20
this
section,
the
department
of
management
shall
transmit
a
21
report
to
the
general
assembly
and
legislative
services
agency
22
listing
the
appropriation
reductions
applied.
23
3.
In
order
to
implement
the
reductions
in
subsection
1,
24
the
departments
and
agencies
and
the
judicial
branch
may
adjust
25
allocations
made
from
appropriations
that
are
being
reduced.
26
4.
In
order
to
implement
the
reductions
in
subsection
1,
the
27
department
of
management
may
reduce
a
standing
appropriation
to
28
a
department
or
agency
required
to
reduce
expenditures
pursuant
29
to
subsection
1.
30
Sec.
2.
TRANSFER
——
IOWA
SKILLED
WORKER
AND
JOB
CREATION
31
FUND.
There
is
transferred
from
the
Iowa
skilled
worker
and
32
job
creation
fund
created
in
section
8.75
to
the
general
fund
33
of
the
state
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2017,
and
34
ending
June
30,
2018,
the
following
amount:
35
-3-
LSB
6175YC
(4)
87
tm/rn
3/
10
H.F.
_____
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.
$
10,000,000
1
Sec.
3.
SUPPLEMENTAL
REIMBURSEMENT
FOR
GROUND
EMERGENCY
2
MEDICAL
TRANSPORTATION
PROVIDED
TO
MEDICAID
BENEFICIARIES.
The
3
department
of
human
services
shall
submit
a
Medicaid
state
4
plan
amendment
to
the
centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
5
services
of
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
human
6
services
to
request
authorization
to
establish
and
administer
a
7
methodology
to
provide
supplemental
reimbursement
to
eligible
8
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
providers
that
provide
9
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
services
to
Medicaid
10
beneficiaries.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“eligible
ground
11
emergency
medical
transportation
provider”
means
a
provider
who
12
provides
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
services
to
13
Medicaid
beneficiaries
and
is
enrolled
as
a
Medicaid
provider
14
during
the
period
being
claimed.
15
Sec.
4.
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
169,
section
17,
subsection
16
1,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(1),
is
amended
to
read
as
17
follows:
18
(1)
For
the
purposes
of
providing
assistance
under
the
high
19
quality
jobs
program
as
described
in
section
15.335B
:
20
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.
$
15,900,000
21
5,900,000
22
Sec.
5.
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
170,
section
5,
subsection
23
1,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
24
1.
The
appropriations
made
pursuant
to
section
2.12
for
the
25
expenses
of
the
general
assembly
and
legislative
agencies
for
26
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2017,
and
ending
June
30,
27
2018,
are
reduced
by
the
following
amount:
28
.
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.
$
400,000
29
687,318
30
Sec.
6.
REPEAL.
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
170,
section
18,
31
is
repealed.
32
DIVISION
II
33
SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS
34
Sec.
7.
INDIGENT
DEFENSE.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
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fund
of
the
state
to
the
office
of
the
state
public
1
defender
of
the
department
of
inspections
and
appeals
for
the
2
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2017,
and
ending
June
30,
2018,
3
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary
to
4
supplement
appropriations
made
for
the
following
designated
5
purpose:
6
For
payments
on
behalf
of
eligible
adults
and
juveniles
from
7
the
indigent
defense
fund
in
accordance
with
section
815.11:
8
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.
$
1,700,000
9
Sec.
8.
UTILITY
COSTS.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
10
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
administrative
11
services
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2017,
and
ending
12
June
30,
2018,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
13
necessary
to
supplement
appropriations
made
for
the
following
14
designated
purpose:
15
For
payment
of
utility
costs:
16
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.
$
451,871
17
Sec.
9.
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
174,
section
36,
is
amended
18
to
read
as
follows:
19
SEC.
36.
PHARMACEUTICAL
SETTLEMENT
ACCOUNT.
There
is
20
appropriated
from
the
pharmaceutical
settlement
account
created
21
in
section
249A.33
to
the
department
of
human
services
for
the
22
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2017,
and
ending
June
30,
2018,
23
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
24
used
for
the
purpose
designated:
25
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
to
26
supplement
the
appropriations
made
in
this
Act
for
medical
27
contracts
under
the
medical
assistance
program
for
the
fiscal
28
year
beginning
July
1,
2017,
and
ending
June
30,
2018:
29
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.
$
800,000
30
864,257
31
DIVISION
III
32
IOWA
ECONOMIC
EMERGENCY
FUND
33
Sec.
10.
Section
8.55,
subsection
3,
paragraph
c,
Code
2018,
34
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph
and
inserting
in
lieu
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the
following:
1
c.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
Iowa
economic
emergency
2
fund
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state
for
the
fiscal
year
in
3
which
moneys
in
the
fund
were
used
for
cash
flow
purposes,
4
for
the
purposes
of
reducing
or
preventing
any
overdraft
on
5
or
deficit
in
the
general
fund
of
the
state,
the
amount
from
6
the
Iowa
economic
emergency
fund
that
was
used
for
cash
flow
7
purposes
pursuant
to
paragraph
“b”
and
that
was
not
returned
8
to
the
Iowa
economic
emergency
fund
by
June
30
of
the
fiscal
9
year.
The
appropriation
in
this
paragraph
shall
not
exceed
one
10
percent
of
the
adjusted
revenue
estimate
for
the
fiscal
year
11
for
which
the
appropriation
is
made
and
is
contingent
upon
all
12
of
the
following
having
occurred:
13
(1)
Prior
to
an
appropriation
being
made
pursuant
to
this
14
paragraph,
the
balance
of
the
general
fund
of
the
state
at
the
15
end
of
the
fiscal
year
for
which
the
appropriation
is
made
is
16
negative.
17
(2)
The
governor
issues
an
official
proclamation
and
18
notifies
the
legislative
fiscal
committee
and
the
legislative
19
services
agency
that
the
balance
of
the
general
fund
is
20
negative
and
that
an
appropriation
made
pursuant
to
this
21
paragraph
brings
the
general
fund
of
the
state
into
balance.
22
Sec.
11.
APPROPRIATION
IN
LIEU
OF
STANDING
APPROPRIATION.
23
1.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
Iowa
economic
emergency
24
fund
created
in
section
8.55
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state
25
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2017,
and
ending
June
30,
26
2018,
the
following
amount:
27
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.
.
.
$
13,000,000
28
2.
The
appropriation
made
pursuant
to
this
section
is
in
29
lieu
of
the
standing
appropriation
implemented
under
section
30
8.55
by
the
department
of
management
pursuant
to
the
official
31
proclamation
issued
by
the
governor
on
September
28,
2017.
32
Sec.
12.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
The
following
33
provision
or
provisions
of
this
division
of
this
Act
apply
34
retroactively
to
September
28,
2017:
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1.
The
section
of
this
division
of
this
Act
appropriating
1
moneys
from
the
Iowa
economic
emergency
fund
to
the
general
2
fund
in
lieu
of
a
prior
standing
appropriation.
3
DIVISION
IV
4
MEDICAID
5
Sec.
13.
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
174,
section
12,
subsection
6
15,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(7),
is
amended
to
read
as
7
follows:
8
(7)
Elimination
of
the
three-month
retroactive
Medicaid
9
coverage
benefit
for
Medicaid
applicants
effective
October
1,
10
2017
,
with
the
exception
of
otherwise
eligible
individuals
who
11
are
residents
of
nursing
facilities
licensed
under
chapter
12
135C
.
The
department
shall
seek
a
waiver
from
the
centers
for
13
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
department
14
of
health
and
human
services
to
implement
the
strategy.
15
If
federal
approval
is
received,
an
applicant’s
Medicaid
16
coverage
shall
be
effective
on
the
first
day
of
the
month
of
17
application,
as
allowed
under
the
Medicaid
state
plan.
18
Sec.
14.
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
174,
section
12,
subsection
19
15,
paragraph
c,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
20
c.
The
department
may
adopt
emergency
rules
,
in
21
consultation
with
affected
provider
groups,
to
implement
this
22
subsection.
23
Sec.
15.
MEDICAID
STATE
PLAN
AMENDMENT.
Upon
enactment
24
of
the
section
of
this
division
of
this
Act
relating
to
25
the
three-month
retroactive
Medicaid
coverage
benefit,
the
26
department
of
human
services
shall
request
an
amendment
to
the
27
Medicaid
state
plan
from
the
centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
28
services
of
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
human
29
services
to
implement
the
provision.
30
DIVISION
V
31
EFFECTIVE
DATE
32
Sec.
16.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
33
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
34
EXPLANATION
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The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
1
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
2
This
bill
relates
to
public
funding
and
regulatory
matters
3
and
making,
reducing,
transferring,
and
supplementing
4
appropriations
for
expenditures
for
the
fiscal
year
2017-2018.
5
The
bill
is
organized
by
divisions.
6
APPROPRIATION
REDUCTIONS.
For
the
fiscal
year
2017-2018,
7
the
bill
limits
expenditures
made
from
appropriations
from
8
the
general
fund
for
certain
listed
departments
and
agencies
9
and
the
judicial
branch.
The
bill
requires
the
department
10
of
management,
in
consultation
with
the
departments
and
11
agencies
and
the
judicial
branch,
to
identify
and
implement
12
the
reductions
and
to
file
a
report
with
the
general
assembly
13
and
the
legislative
services
agency
listing
the
appropriation
14
reductions
applied
within
15
days
of
the
effective
date
15
of
the
bill.
The
bill
allows
departments
and
agencies
16
and
the
judicial
branch
to
adjust
allocations
made
within
17
appropriations
that
are
being
reduced.
The
bill
allows
the
18
department
of
management
to
reduce
standing
appropriations
to
19
such
departments
and
agencies.
20
The
bill
transfers
moneys
from
the
Iowa
skilled
worker
and
21
job
creation
fund
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state
for
FY
22
2017-2018.
23
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
human
services
to
submit
24
a
Medicaid
state
plan
amendment
to
the
centers
for
Medicare
and
25
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
department
of
health
26
and
human
services
to
request
authorization
to
establish
and
27
administer
a
methodology
to
provide
supplemental
reimbursement
28
to
eligible
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
providers
29
that
provide
ground
emergency
medical
transportation
services
30
to
Medicaid
beneficiaries.
31
The
bill
reduces
an
appropriation
to
the
economic
32
development
authority
from
the
Iowa
skilled
worker
and
job
33
creation
fund
for
FY
2017-2018.
34
The
bill
increases
the
reduction
to
the
standing
unlimited
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to
the
general
assembly.
1
The
bill
repeals
an
appropriation
to
the
offices
of
the
2
governor
and
the
lieutenant
governor
for
the
fiscal
year
3
2017-2018
for
expenses
incurred
during
the
gubernatorial
4
transition.
5
SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS.
The
bill
makes
supplemental
6
appropriations
to
the
state
public
defender
of
the
department
7
of
inspections
and
appeals
for
payments
on
behalf
of
eligible
8
adults
and
juveniles
from
the
indigent
defense
fund.
9
The
bill
makes
supplemental
appropriations
to
the
department
10
of
administrative
services
for
payments
of
utility
costs.
11
The
bill
increases
the
appropriation
from
the
pharmaceutical
12
settlement
account
to
the
department
of
human
services
to
13
supplement
the
appropriations
made
for
medical
contracts
under
14
the
medical
assistance
program
for
FY
2017-2018.
15
IOWA
ECONOMIC
EMERGENCY
FUND.
The
bill
changes
the
amount
16
limit
and
conditions
of
the
conditional
standing
appropriation
17
made
from
the
Iowa
economic
emergency
fund
at
the
end
of
a
18
fiscal
year
when
the
balance
of
the
general
fund
of
the
state
19
is
negative
at
the
end
of
a
fiscal
year.
20
Currently,
the
maximum
amount
that
may
be
appropriated
is
21
$50
million.
In
addition,
conditions
are
required
to
be
met
22
relating
to
general
fund
receipt
calculations,
the
application
23
of
uniform
appropriation
reductions,
the
balance
of
the
general
24
fund
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
prior
to
the
appropriation
25
being
made,
and
notification
requirements.
26
The
bill
changes
the
maximum
allowable
amount
for
the
27
appropriation
and
the
required
conditions.
The
bill
provides
28
an
appropriation
limit
of
1
percent
of
the
adjusted
revenue
29
estimate
for
the
fiscal
year
for
which
the
appropriation
is
30
made.
In
addition,
prior
to
an
appropriation
being
made,
the
31
balance
of
the
general
fund
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
32
for
which
the
appropriation
is
made
must
be
negative
and
33
notification
requirements
must
be
met.
34
The
bill
appropriates
moneys
from
the
Iowa
economic
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emergency
fund
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state
in
lieu
of
the
1
standing
appropriation
implemented
pursuant
to
the
official
2
proclamation
issued
by
the
governor
on
September
28,
2017,
due
3
to
a
budget
deficit
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
2016-2017.
4
The
appropriation
provision
is
retroactively
applicable
to
5
September
28,
2017.
6
MEDICAID.
The
bill
amends
a
Medicaid
cost
containment
7
measure
that
eliminated
the
three-month
retroactive
Medicaid
8
coverage
benefit
for
all
Medicaid
applicants
effective
9
October
1,
2017,
to
provide
for
an
exception
for
otherwise
10
Medicaid-eligible
individuals
who
are
residents
of
nursing
11
facilities.
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
human
services
12
to
adopt
emergency
rules
in
consultation
with
affected
provider
13
groups
and
to
request
federal
approval
to
implement
the
14
provision.
15
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
16
-10-
LSB
6175YC
(4)
87
tm/rn
10/
10