Senate File 52 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  HANCOCK, BOLKCOM, RAGAN,
                                           STEWART, SCHMITZ, KREIMAN,
                                           BEALL, SCHOENJAHN, DOTZLER,
                                           HECKROTH, DVORSKY, WARNSTADT,
                                           HORN, SENG, OLIVE, HATCH,
                                           DEARDEN, WOOD, FRAISE,
                                           COURTNEY, KIBBIE, APPEL,
                                           CONNOLLY, HOGG, BLACK,
                                           RIELLY, and QUIRMBACH


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to services for which reimbursement may be
  2    provided under a medical assistance home and community=based
  3    services waiver for the elderly.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2039XS 82
  6 pf/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  249A.30B   HOME AND COMMUNITY=
  1  2 BASED SERVICES WAIVER == ELDERLY == REIMBURSEMENT.
  1  3    The reimbursement for a provider of services under a
  1  4 medical assistance program home and community=based services
  1  5 waiver for the elderly shall be recalculated annually on July
  1  6 1.  The annual inflation factor applied shall be determined
  1  7 based on the total skilled nursing facility market basket
  1  8 index utilized by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid
  1  9 services of the United States department of health and human
  1 10 services.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill provides that the reimbursement for providers of
  1 13 services under a medical assistance home and community=based
  1 14 services waiver for the elderly is to be recalculated annually
  1 15 on July 1.  The annual inflation factor applied is to be
  1 16 determined based on the skilled nursing facility market basket
  1 17 index utilized by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid
  1 18 services of the United States department of health and human
  1 19 services.
  1 20 LSB 2039XS 82
  1 21 pf:rj/es/88