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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 249H.5, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. To the department of elder affairs, an amount1 4necessary, a maximum of four million dollars, annually, for 1 5 expenses incurred in implementation and administration of the 1 6 long-term care alternatives programs and for delivery of long- 1 7 term care services to seniors with low or moderate incomes. 1 8 Sec. 2. Section 249H.5, subsection 2, paragraphs c, d, and 1 9 e, Code 2001, are amended by striking the paragraphs. 1 10 Sec. 3. Section 249H.5, subsection 3, Code 2001, is 1 11 amended to read as follows: 1 12 3. a. Any funds remaining after disbursement of moneys 1 13 under subsection 2 shall be invested with the interest earned 1 14 to be available in subsequent fiscal years for the purposes 1 15 provided in subsection 2,paragraphparagraphs "a" and "b",1 16and subsection 2, paragraph "c", subparagraphs (1) and (2). 1 17 b. Moneys in the fund shall not be appropriated in an 1 18 amount in excess of the amount appropriated for the purposes 1 19 specified in subsection 2, paragraphs "a" and "b", or for 1 20 purposes other than those specified in subsection 2, until 1 21 such time as the amount deposited in the fund, following 1 22 disbursement of moneys under subsection 2, exceeds two hundred 1 23 million dollars. At such time as this amount exceeds two 1 24 hundred million dollars, moneys in the fund may be 1 25 appropriated in an amount that does not reduce the fund 1 26 balance below two hundred million dollars and only for the 1 27 purpose of providing additional funding for the purposes of 1 28 subsection 2, paragraph "b". 1 29 Sec. 4. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE – PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE. 1 30 The department of human services shall adopt rules which 1 31 provide that the personal needs allowance under the medical 1 32 assistance program, which is retained by a resident of a 1 33 health care facility, is fifty dollars per month, unless a 1 34 greater amount is allowed under state or federal law. 1 35 EXPLANATION 2 1 This bill provides for the use of moneys in the senior 2 2 living trust fund. The bill limits the purposes for which the 2 3 moneys in the fund may be appropriated to (1) the conversion 2 4 of existing nursing facility space and development of long- 2 5 term care alternatives and (2) for implementation and 2 6 administration of the long-term care alternatives programs and 2 7 for delivery of long-term care services to seniors with low or 2 8 moderate incomes. The bill also specifies that the amount 2 9 which may be appropriated for implementation and 2 10 administration of the long-term care alternatives programs and 2 11 for delivery of long-term care services to seniors with low or 2 12 moderate incomes is $4 million, annually. 2 13 The bill also provides that moneys in the fund are not to 2 14 be appropriated in an amount in excess of the amounts 2 15 specified for the two purposes, or for purposes other than 2 16 those specified, until such time as the amount deposited in 2 17 the fund, following disbursement of moneys for the two 2 18 purposes and in the amounts specified, exceeds $200 million. 2 19 At such time as the amount exceeds $200 million, moneys in the 2 20 fund may be appropriated in an amount that does not reduce the 2 21 fund balance below $200 million and only for the purpose of 2 22 providing additional funding for implementation and 2 23 administration of the long-term care alternatives programs and 2 24 for delivery of long-term care services to seniors with low or 2 25 moderate incomes. 2 26 The bill directs the department of human services to adopt 2 27 rules to provide that the personal needs allowance under the 2 28 medical assistance program, which is retained by a resident of 2 29 a health care facility, is $50 per month, unless a greater 2 30 amount is allowed under state or federal law. 2 31 LSB 6197XS 79 2 32 pf/sh/8
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