House Journal: Page 1311: Wednesday, April 23, 2003
HOUSE FILES 262, 571 and 663 WITHDRAWN
Tymeson of Madison asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw House Files 262, 571 and 663 from further consideration by
the House.
SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED
Heaton of Henry called up for consideration House File 560, a
bill for an act relating to medical assistance home and community-
based services waivers, amended by the Senate, and moved that the
House concur in the following Senate amendment H-1368:
H-1368
1 Amend House File 560, as amended, passed, and
2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
3 1. Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 10, and
4 inserting the following:
5 "NEW SUBSECTION. 6. a. Effective July 1, 2003,
6 the provisions of the home and community-based
7 services waiver for persons with mental retardation
8 shall include adult day care, prevocational, and
9 transportation services. Transportation shall be
10 included as a separately payable service.
11 b. The department of human services shall seek
12 federal approval to amend the home and community-based
13 services waiver for persons with mental retardation to
14 include day habilitation services. Inclusion of day
15 habilitation services in the waiver shall take effect
16 upon receipt of federal approval and no later than
17 July 1, 2004.
18 c. The person's county of legal settlement shall
19 pay for the nonfederal share of the cost of services
20 provided under the waiver and the state shall pay for
21 the nonfederal share of such costs if the person does
22 not have a county of legal settlement."
23 2. Page 1, by inserting after line 23, the
24 following:
25 "Sec. . REIMBURSEMENT - REVIEW - RATE
26 LIMITATIONS.
27 1. The department of human services shall review
28 the reimbursement methodology for the home and
29 community-based services waiver for persons with
30 mental retardation under the medical assistance
31 program in relationship to the goals and objectives of
32 the mental health and developmental disability
33 services system redesign being conducted by the mental
34 health and developmental disabilities commission. The
© 2003 Cornell College and
League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
hjourn@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Fri Aug 8 12:00:00 CDT 2003
URL: /DOCS/GA/80GA/Session.1/HJournal/01300/01311.html
jhf