House File 291 - Enrolled House File 291 AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY SPOUSE RESOURCE ALLOWANCE UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 249A.3, subsection 9, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows: 9. Beginning October 1, 1990, in In determining the eligibility of an institutionalized individual for assistance under this chapter , the department shall establish a minimum community spouse resource allowance in an amount which is the greater of twenty-four thousand dollars to be retained for the benefit of the institutionalized individual’s community spouse in accordance with or the minimum required as a condition of receipt of federal funding pursuant to section 1924(f)(2)(A)(i) of the federal Social Security Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. §1396r-5(f)(2)(A)(i), and as adjusted pursuant to section
House File 291, p. 2 1924(f) 1924(g) of the federal Social Security Act as codified in 42 U.S.C. §1396r-5(f) §1396r-5(g) . ______________________________ LINDA UPMEYER Speaker of the House ______________________________ CHARLES SCHNEIDER President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 291, Eighty-eighth General Assembly. ______________________________ CARMINE BOAL Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2019 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor