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Floor Packet Page No. 177                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 1 as follows:                                                     
	On page II-55 (Health and Human Services Commission), by 
adding a new rider to read as follows:
	_____.  The Health and Human Services Commission shall review 
and revise its mental retardation provider cost reporting rules, 
regulations and procedures for the purposes of simplifying the cost 
reporting process and reducing overall administrative costs to the 
state and providers while providing fair and accurate financial 
information to the state necessary to the proper planning and 
funding of mental retardation services.  In so doing it shall seek 
to capture any and all costs, follow GAAP standards and to the 
extent possible, utilize financial statements similar to those 
prepared for banking, tax, and other common business financial 
planning, evaluation, and reporting purposes.
	In implementing this directive, the Commission shall utilize 
a workgroup of providers, advocates, agency staff, and private 
sector financial experts, and shall ensure a clear separation 
between the rate setting and analysis functions and from the audit 
functions.