HF 661: Relating to mental health and disability services regions, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

What it does

This bill relates to mental health and disability services (MH/DS) regions and funding, and provides effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES —— FUNDING. The bill removes the cash flow reduction amount that requires MH/DS regions to spend down reserve cash deposits to percent of the region’s annual budget.424A(6) establishes the amount certified for levy by the county each fiscal year to raise funds for MH/DS under the MH/DS regional system. Revenues from taxes imposed by the county credited to the county mental health and disability services fund shall not exceed an amount equal to the county budgeted amount, which is the amount necessary to meet the county’s financial obligations for the payment of services provided under the regional service system management plan, not to exceed an amount equal to the product of the regional per capita expenditure target amount multiplied by the county’s population, and, for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2023, reduced by the amount of the county’s cash flow reduction amount.

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: IA Mental Health Planning Council; Iowa Mental Health Advocacy; Iowa State Association of Counties; National Alliance on Mental Illness - Iowa

In plain words

1. February 23, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Human Resources committee