House File 121

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring an assessment of eligibility for certain third=
  2    party payor funding of health care facility services by
  3    licensed health care facilities.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1992HH 80
  6 pf/sh/8

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135C.31A  ASSESSMENT OF RESIDENTS
  1  2 == PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.
  1  3    1.  A licensed health care facility shall determine, prior
  1  4 to initial admission of a resident, the prospective resident's
  1  5 eligibility for benefits through the United States department
  1  6 of veterans affairs.  The health care facility shall also
  1  7 determine the eligibility of any residents residing in the
  1  8 facility if a determination was not made prior to a resident's
  1  9 admission to the health care facility.  The health care
  1 10 facility shall report any information collected to the Iowa
  1 11 commission of veterans affairs.
  1 12    2.  The department shall require as a condition of renewal
  1 13 of licensure under this chapter that a health care facility
  1 14 provide accurate documentation of compliance with this
  1 15 section.
  1 16    3.  The department shall adopt rules to implement and
  1 17 administer this section.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill requires that a licensed health care facility
  1 20 determine, prior to initial admission of a resident, the
  1 21 prospective resident's eligibility for benefits through the
  1 22 United States department of veterans affairs.  The bill also
  1 23 requires that the health care facility determine the
  1 24 eligibility of current residents if a determination was not
  1 25 made prior to a resident's admission.  Under the bill, the
  1 26 health care facility is to report any information collected to
  1 27 the Iowa commission of veterans affairs.  The bill also
  1 28 provides that as a condition of renewal of licensure of a
  1 29 health care facility, the health care facility is to provide
  1 30 accurate documentation of compliance with the requirements of
  1 31 the bill.
  1 32 LSB 1992HH 80
  1 33 pf/sh/8
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