249J.12 - SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. - Iowa Statutes

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