Amendment S-3116 to SF 626
Relating to federal moneys and regulations, including the appropriation of federal moneys made available from federal block grants and other nonstate sources, the allocation of portions of federal block grants, the procedures if federal moneys or federal block grants are more or less than anticipated, and the authorization of certain city regulations when required under federal law, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions
Adopted · April 21, 2025
Filed April 21, 2025 in the Senate by Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R)
What it changes
- Page 2, after line 28 by inserting: “d. For the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2026, of the moneys allocated to providers under paragraph “c”, 70 percent of the moneys allocated shall be distributed by a behavioral health administrative services organization or the department of health and human services to the state’s accredited community mental health centers designated by the department of health and human services under section 225A.3, as enacted by 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1161, section
- Community mental health centers that receive moneys distributed under this paragraph shall use the moneys for the purposes of training staff, providing services to adults with a serious mental illness, or providing services to children with a serious emotional disturbance, and shall bill treatment dollars related to such services to the department of health and human services through the department’s claims system. The department of health and human services shall publish the amounts to be distributed to community mental health centers on the department’s internet site on or before October 1, 2025, and distribute the moneys to the recipients on a quarterly basis. Recipients of the moneys shall submit quarterly reports to the department of health and human services containing data consistent with performance measures approved by the federal substance abuse and mental health services administration.”