House
File
708
-
Enrolled
House
File
708
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
MEDICAID
REIMBURSEMENT
FOR
SERVICES
TO
INDIVIDUALS
WHO
MEET
THE
NURSING
HOME
LEVEL
OF
CARE
AND
ARE
REQUIRED
TO
REGISTER
AS
SEX
OFFENDERS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
MEDICAID
REIMBURSEMENT
——
NURSING
FACILITY
LEVEL
OF
CARE
——
SECURE
UNIT
——
INDIVIDUALS
ON
SEX
OFFENDER
REGISTRY.
No
later
than
January
1,
2024,
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
establish
and
report
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
a
reimbursement
rate
add-on
methodology
under
the
Medicaid
program
for
services
provided
by
a
skilled
nursing
facility
or
nursing
facility
that
designates
a
secure
unit,
that
is
separate
and
secure
from
residents
with
chronic
confusion
or
a
dementing
illness
and
all
other
skilled
nursing
facility
and
nursing
facility
residents,
to
provide
services
to
individuals
that
are
required
to
register
as
sex
offenders
pursuant
to
chapter
692
and
who
meet
nursing
facility
level
of
care
requirements.
The
methodology
shall
provide
for
inflation
of
the
reimbursement
rate
add-on,
annually,
from
the
House
File
708,
p.
2
midpoint
of
the
prior
state
fiscal
year
to
the
midpoint
of
the
current
state
fiscal
year
using
the
currently
available
CMS/SNF
index.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
708,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2023
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor