249J.12 - SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
249J.12 SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION
OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
1. The department, in cooperation with the Iowa state association
of counties, the Iowa association of community providers, the
governor's developmental disabilities council, and other interested
parties, shall develop a plan for a case-mix adjusted reimbursement
system under the medical assistance program for both
institution-based and community-based services for persons with
mental retardation or developmental disabilities for submission to
the general assembly by January 1, 2007. The department shall not
implement the case-mix adjusted reimbursement system plan without
express authorization by the general assembly.
2. The department, in consultation with the Iowa state
association of counties, the Iowa association of community providers,
the governor's developmental disabilities council, and other
interested parties, shall develop a plan for submission to the
governor and the general assembly no later than July 1, 2007, to
enhance alternatives for community-based care for individuals who
would otherwise require care in an intermediate care facility for
persons with mental retardation. The plan shall not be implemented
without express authorization by the general assembly. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 167, §12, 66
Referred to in § 249J.23