Bill Text: IA SF2314 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act increasing the amount of cash reserves mental health and disability services regions may have before affecting quarterly payment amounts and incentive fund eligibility.(Formerly SSB 3116.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-10 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF2314 Detail]
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3116)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
increasing
the
amount
of
cash
reserves
mental
health
1
and
disability
services
regions
may
have
before
affecting
2
quarterly
payment
amounts
and
incentive
fund
eligibility.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
225C.7A,
subsection
7,
paragraph
c,
Code
1
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
c.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2023,
and
each
3
succeeding
fiscal
year,
each
mental
health
and
disability
4
services
region
for
which
the
amount
certified
during
the
5
fiscal
year
under
section
331.391,
subsection
4
,
paragraph
6
“b”
,
exceeds
five
ten
percent
of
the
actual
expenditures
of
7
the
region
for
the
fiscal
year
preceding
the
fiscal
year
in
8
progress,
the
remaining
quarterly
payments
of
the
region’s
9
regional
service
payment
shall
be
reduced
by
an
amount
equal
10
to
the
amount
by
which
the
region’s
amount
certified
under
11
section
331.391,
subsection
4
,
paragraph
“b”
,
exceeds
five
12
ten
percent
of
the
actual
expenditures
of
the
region
for
the
13
fiscal
year
preceding
the
fiscal
year
in
progress,
but
the
14
amount
of
the
reduction
shall
not
exceed
the
total
amount
of
15
the
region’s
regional
service
payment
for
the
fiscal
year.
If
16
the
region’s
remaining
quarterly
payments
are
insufficient
to
17
effectuate
the
required
reductions
under
this
paragraph,
the
18
region
is
required
to
pay
to
the
department
of
human
services
19
any
amount
for
which
the
reduction
in
quarterly
payments
could
20
not
be
made.
The
amount
of
reductions
to
quarterly
payments
21
and
amounts
paid
to
the
department
under
this
paragraph
shall
22
be
transferred
and
credited
to
the
region
incentive
fund
under
23
subsection
8
.
24
Sec.
2.
Section
225C.7A,
subsection
8,
paragraph
c,
25
subparagraph
(2),
subparagraph
division
(b),
subparagraph
26
subdivision
(iii),
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
27
(iii)
For
applications
for
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
28
after
July
1,
2023,
five
ten
percent
of
the
actual
expenditures
29
of
the
mental
health
and
disability
services
region
for
the
30
fiscal
year
that
commenced
two
years
prior
to
the
fiscal
year
31
of
application
for
assistance.
32
Sec.
3.
Section
331.391,
subsection
4,
paragraph
c,
Code
33
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
34
c.
For
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2023,
the
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region’s
cash
flow
amount
shall
not
exceed
five
ten
percent
1
of
the
actual
expenditures
from
the
combined
account
for
the
2
fiscal
year
preceding
the
fiscal
year
in
progress.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
increases
the
amount
of
moneys
a
mental
health
7
and
disability
services
(MHDS)
regional
combined
account
may
8
have
before
payments
to
the
MHDS
region
are
reduced
and
an
9
MHDS
region
is
disqualified
from
receiving
funding
from
an
10
MHDS
incentive
fund.
The
bill
provides
that,
for
fiscal
years
11
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2023,
an
MHDS
region’s
cash
12
reserves
cannot
exceed
10
percent
of
the
actual
expenditures
13
from
the
combined
account
for
the
fiscal
year
preceding
the
14
fiscal
year
in
progress.
Under
current
law,
for
fiscal
years
15
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2023,
an
MHDS
region’s
cash
16
reserves
cannot
exceed
5
percent
of
the
actual
expenditures
17
from
the
combined
account
for
the
fiscal
year
preceding
the
18
fiscal
year
in
progress.
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