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IN HB1544
Bill
Status
2/22/2019
Primary Sponsor
Cindy Kirchhofer
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AI Summary
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Amends IC 12-29 to change how Marion County allocates funds to community mental health centers, transitioning from a population-based formula to one based on the number of enrolled consumers served
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Establishes a three-year phased transition: 2019 uses 40% population/60% enrolled consumers; 2020 uses 25% population/75% enrolled consumers; after 2020 uses 10% population/90% enrolled consumers
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Allows enrolled consumers served by multiple certified centers to be counted more than once in the allocation formula
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Effective January 1, 2019 (retroactive), with an emergency declaration for immediate implementation
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Passed House Ways and Means Committee unanimously (20-0) on February 18, 2019
Legislative Description
Mental health center appropriation allotment. Amends the allotment of county funds to community mental health centers in Marion County to provide for a phased transition from a formula based on populations of service areas to a formula oriented toward numbers of enrolled consumers served. (Current law requires the allotment to be based upon the population residing in each service area.)
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations
3/7/2019