House File 2148 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY UPMEYER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to requirements for consumer=directed attendant
2 care provided under a medical assistance home and community=
3 based services waiver.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 5721YH 81
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 249A.32, Code 2005, is amended to read
1 2 as follows:
1 3 249A.32 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE HOME AND COMMUNITY=BASED
1 4 SERVICES WAIVERS == CONSUMER=DIRECTED ATTENDANT CARE ==
1 5 PROVIDER VERIFICATION == TERMINATION OF CONTRACT.
1 6 1. a. A person who applies to the department for approval
1 7 as a consumer=directed attendant care provider shall provide
1 8 proof of any training, certification, licensing, or
1 9 supervision required for the type of service that the
1 10 applicant would provide under a contract with a consumer.
1 11 Prior to approval and issuance of a provider number to a
1 12 consumer=directed attendant care provider applicant, the
1 13 department shall verify the proof provided.
1 14 b. At the time of entering into a contract for the
1 15 provision of consumer=directed attendant care, the consumer,
1 16 with the assistance of the case manager, shall verify that the
1 17 consumer=directed attendant care provider has the requisite
1 18 training, certification, licensing, or supervision necessary
1 19 to provide the care specified in the contract.
1 20 2. The case manager shall periodically review with the
1 21 consumer the narrative record of the care provided by the
1 22 consumer=directed attendant care provider to determine
1 23 compliance with the contract.
1 24 1. 3. A case manager for a medical assistance home and
1 25 community=based services waiver may terminate the contract of
1 26 a person providing consumer=directed attendant care services
1 27 to whom payment is being made for provision of such services
1 28 under the waiver if the case manager determines that the
1 29 person has breached the contract by not providing the services
1 30 agreed to under the contract.
1 31 2. 4. For the purposes of this section, "consumer" and
1 32 "waiver" mean consumer and waiver as defined in section
1 33 249A.29 and "narrative record" means the provider's record of
1 34 services provided to the consumer as specified in the contract
1 35 between the consumer and provider, and for which the provider
2 1 bills the department for payment under a waiver.
2 2 EXPLANATION
2 3 This bill provides requirements for the provision of
2 4 consumer=directed attendant care under a medical assistance
2 5 home and community=based services waiver. The bill requires a
2 6 consumer=directed attendant care provider applicant to provide
2 7 proof of any training, certification, licensing, or
2 8 supervision required for the type of service that the
2 9 applicant would provide under a contract with a consumer.
2 10 Additionally, the bill requires the department of human
2 11 services, prior to approval of and issuance of a provider
2 12 number to a consumer=directed attendant care provider
2 13 applicant, to verify the proof provided. The bill provides
2 14 that at the time of entering into a contract for the provision
2 15 of consumer=directed attendant care, the consumer, with the
2 16 assistance of the case manager, is to verify that the
2 17 consumer=directed attendant care provider has the requisite
2 18 training, certification, licensing, or supervision necessary
2 19 to provide the care specified in the contract.
2 20 The bill requires the case manager to periodically review
2 21 with the consumer the narrative record of the care provided by
2 22 the consumer=directed attendant care provider to determine
2 23 compliance with the contract.
2 24 The bill defines "narrative record" as the provider's
2 25 record of services provided as specified in the contract
2 26 between the consumer and provider and for which the provider
2 27 bills the department for payment under a waiver.
2 28 LSB 5721YH 81
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