Section 441.23.1. Definitions.

“Commission”  or “MHDS commission”  means the mental health and disability services commission.

“County-operated program” means services directly provided by county employees.

“Current core county mental health and disability services” means those services defined in the county management plan approved by the commission and effective as of June 30, 2012.

“Department” means the Iowa department of human services.

“Documentation information and materials” means source documents, worksheets, notes, or any written material used in completing the application for transition funds.

“Independently verified” means a signed written opinion of accuracy and reasonableness of financial information submitted in the application by the county auditor based on a review and verification of the documentation information and materials used to complete the application.

“Subsidize” means that the county provides additional funding for county-operated services over and above amounts reimbursed from third-party payers, including Medicaid or Medicare, or costs in excess of usual and customary charges for the service.

“Sustainability plan” means financial estimates and a description of estimates and assumptions used to ensure that services requested to be funded by the transition fund can and will continue when the transition fund is discontinued at the end of state fiscal year 2013.

“Target population” means an adult diagnosed with a mental illness as defined in Iowa Code section 4.1(21A) or an individual with an intellectual disability as defined in Iowa Code section 4.1(9A).

“Transition fund” means the mental health and disability services redesign transition fund that has been established pursuant to 2012 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2315, section 23, and, once funds have been appropriated, will provide one-time assistance in state fiscal year 2013 to support county continuation of current core county mental health and disability services to target populations not funded by Medicaid.

[ARC 0346C, IAB 10/3/12, effective 9/11/12; ARC 0573C, IAB 2/6/13, effective 4/1/13]