HF 291 (LSB 1213HV (3) 88)

RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY SPOUSE RESOURCE ALLOWANCE  UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 249A.3, subsection 9, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   9.  Beginning October 1, 1990, in In determining the eligibility of an institutionalized individual for assistance under this chapter, the department shall establish a minimum community spouse resource allowance in an amount which is the greater of twenty-four thousand dollars to be retained for the benefit of the institutionalized individual’s community spouse in accordance with or the minimum required as a condition of receipt of federal funding pursuant to section 1924(f)(2)(A)(i) of the federal Social Security Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. §1396r-5(f)(2)(A)(i), and as adjusted pursuant to section 

1924(f) 1924(g) of the federal Social Security Act as codified in 42 U.S.C. §1396r-5(f) §1396r-5(g).

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LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House

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CHARLES SCHNEIDER
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 291, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.

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CARMINE BOAL
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved _______________, 2019

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor