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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 740 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, line 10, by inserting after the word 1 3 "purposes" the following: ", and for not more than 1 4 the following full-time equivalent positions". 1 5 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 11, the 1 6 following: 1 7 ............................................... FTEs 8.00" 1 8 #3. Page 1, line 12, by striking the word "Of" and 1 9 inserting the following: "1. Of". 1 10 #4. Page 1, by inserting after line 22, the 1 11 following: 1 12 "2. Of the funds appropriated in this section, 1 13 $255,800 shall be used by the department to fund 1 14 strategies for dependent adult abuse detection, 1 15 training, and services. 1 16 3. The funds appropriated under this section shall 1 17 be used in accordance with any regulations, 1 18 requirements, or guidelines of the health care 1 19 financing administration of the United States 1 20 department of health and human services applicable to 1 21 the senior living program." 1 22 #5. Page 2, line 5, by inserting after the word 1 23 "purposes" the following: ", and for not more than 1 24 the following full-time equivalent positions". 1 25 #6. Page 2, by inserting after line 6, the 1 26 following: 1 27 ............................................... FTEs 5.00" 1 28 #7. Page 2, by inserting after line 17, the 1 29 following: 1 30 "Sec. __. CONVERSION GRANT PROJECTS – RULES – 1 31 INTENT. 1 32 1. The department of human services shall adopt 1 33 rules that provide that beginning with applications 1 34 for conversion grants received on or after July 1, 1 35 2001, the department shall give greater weight in the 1 36 scoring methodology to nursing facility conversion 1 37 projects that are primarily the renovation and 1 38 remodeling of the existing nursing facility structure 1 39 and give less weight to conversion projects that are 1 40 primarily new construction. The department of human 1 41 services shall encourage cooperative efforts between 1 42 the department of inspections and appeals, the state 1 43 fire marshal and the grant applicant to promote the 1 44 acceptance of nursing facility conversion projects 1 45 that are primarily renovation and remodeling of the 1 46 existing nursing facility structure. 1 47 2. It is the intent of the general assembly that 1 48 the department of elder affairs certify all assisted 1 49 living programs established through nursing facility 1 50 conversion grants. The department of elder affairs 2 1 shall consult with conversion grant applicants and 2 2 recipients to establish and monitor occupancy 2 3 agreements and assisted living program residents shall 2 4 be allowed access to third-party payors. The 2 5 department of elder affairs shall allow grant 2 6 recipients to revise and modify occupancy agreements 2 7 to reflect rates that are affordable, as defined in 2 8 section 249H.3, during the ten-year period of 2 9 operation following the awarding of the grant by the 2 10 department of human services." 2 11 #8. Page 3, line 1, by inserting after the figure 2 12 "94.00." the following: "A nursing facility shall not 2 13 receive a reimbursement rate under this paragraph that 2 14 is less than the rate received on June 30, 2001, plus 2 15 an inflation factor of 6.21 percent. For the purposes 2 16 of this calculation, any excess payment allowance 2 17 received by the facility shall not be considered part 2 18 of the reimbursement rate." 2 19 #9. Page 3, line 10, by inserting after the figure 2 20 "97.47." the following: "A nursing facility shall not 2 21 receive a reimbursement rate under this paragraph that 2 22 is less than the rate received on June 30, 2002, plus 2 23 an inflation factor based on the HCFA/SNF index. For 2 24 the purposes of this calculation, any excess payment 2 25 allowance received by the facility shall not be 2 26 considered part of the reimbursement rate." 2 27 #10. Page 5, line 6, by striking the word "their" 2 28 and inserting the following: "the median of". 2 29 #11. Page 5, line 16, by striking the word "their" 2 30 and inserting the following: "the median of". 2 31 #12. Page 6, line 23, by striking the word "rate" 2 32 and inserting the following: "median". 2 33 #13. Page 10, by inserting after line 1, the 2 34 following: 2 35 "Sec. . Section 249H.3, subsection 1, Code 2 36 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 37 1. "Affordable" means rates for payment of room, 2 38 board, amenities, and medical and health services 2 39 whichdo not exceed the rates established for2 40providers of medical and health services under the2 41medical assistance program with eligibility for an2 42individual equal to the eligibility for medical2 43assistance pursuant to section 249A.3may be 2 44 purchased, in conjunction with third-party payors, by 2 45 seniors with low and moderate incomes in the market 2 46 area of the providers of such services.In relation2 47to services provided by a provider of services under a2 48home and community-based waiver, "affordable" means2 49that the total monthly cost of the home and community-2 50based waiver services provided does not exceed the3 1cost for that level of care as established by rule by3 2the department of human services, pursuant to chapter3 317A, in consultation with the department of elder3 4affairs." 3 5 #14. By renumbering as necessary. 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 HEATON of Henry 3 10 HF 740.502 79 3 11 pf/pj
Text: H01754 Text: H01756 Text: H01700 - H01799 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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