Beginning July 1, 2003, a health care facility receiving reimbursement through the medical assistance program under chapter 249A shall assist the Iowa commission of veterans affairs in identifying, upon admission of a resident, the resident's eligibility for benefits through the federal department of veterans affairs. The health care facility shall also assist the Iowa commission of veterans affairs in determining such eligibility for residents residing in the facility on July 1, 2003. The department of inspections and appeals, in cooperation with the department of human services, shall adopt rules to administer this section, including a provision that ensures that if a resident is eligible for benefits through the federal department of veterans affairs or other third-party payor, the payor of last resort for reimbursement to the health care facility is the medical assistance program. This section shall not apply to the admission of an individual to a state mental health institute for acute psychiatric care.
2003 Acts, ch 112, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §160
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