House File 383

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to contractors under a medical assistance program
  2    waiver.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2888YH 80
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  1  1    Section 1.  EMPLOYEES OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WAIVER SERVICE
  1  2 PROVIDERS == TERMINATION.
  1  3    1.  A provider of services under a medical assistance home
  1  4 and community=based services waiver may terminate the contract
  1  5 of a person with responsibility for a consumer under the
  1  6 waiver to whom payment is being made for provision of services
  1  7 under the waiver, if the provider determines that the
  1  8 contractor has breached the contract by not providing the
  1  9 services agreed to under the contract.
  1 10    2.  For the purposes of this section, "consumer",
  1 11 "provider", and "waiver" mean consumer, provider, and waiver
  1 12 as defined in section 249A.29.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill authorizes a provider of services under a medical
  1 15 assistance home and community=based services waiver to
  1 16 terminate the contract of a person with responsibility for a
  1 17 consumer under the wavier to whom payment is being made for
  1 18 provision of services under the wavier, if the provider
  1 19 determines that the contractor has breached the contract by
  1 20 not providing the services agreed to under the contract.
  1 21 LSB 2888YH 80
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