1. 1. In order to assure that the necessary data is available to aid the general assembly to determine appropriate funding for the custodial care program, the department of human services shall develop a cost-related system for financial supplementation to individuals who need custodial care and who have insufficient resources to purchase the care needed.
2. 2. All privately operated licensed custodial facilities in Iowa shall cooperate with the department of human services to develop the cost-related plan. After the plan is implemented, state supplemental funds shall not be used for the care of any individual in facilities that have not submitted cost statements to the department of human services.

[C35, §5296-f37; C39, §3828.046; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §249.43; C75, 77, 79, 81, §249.12] 83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157