House File 45

                                  HOUSE FILE       
                                  BY  HUSER, STEVENS, LENSING, GREIMANN,
                                      WINCKLER, BERRY, PETERSEN, FALLON,
                                      FOEGE, JOCHUM, MURPHY, T. TAYLOR,
                                      WHITAKER, D. OLSON, WENDT, WHITEAD,
                                      SMITH, REASONER, McCARTHY, BELL,
                                      DANDEKAR, SWAIM, GASKILL, OLDSON,
                                      CONNORS, HOGG, FORD, MERTZ, MILLER,
                                      HEDDENS, DAVITT, FREVERT, STRUYK,
                                      D. TAYLOR, COHOON, QUIRK, BUKTA,
                                      MASCHER, LYKAM, WISE, OSTERHAUS,
                                      THOMAS, KUHN, and MYERS


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to an increase in the personal needs allowance
  2    amount for a recipient of medical assistance residing in a
  3    nursing facility.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1423HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 249A.4, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  16.  Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
  1  4 to increase the ongoing monthly personal needs allowance for a
  1  5 medical assistance recipient residing in a nursing facility as
  1  6 defined in section 135C.1 to fifty dollars beginning July 1,
  1  7 2003.  The rules shall provide that the amount shall be
  1  8 increased annually thereafter by the same percentage as the
  1  9 percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban
  1 10 consumers during the twelve=month period prior to June of the
  1 11 calendar year involved.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill directs the director of human services to adopt
  1 14 rules to increase the ongoing personal needs allowance for a
  1 15 Medicaid recipient residing in a nursing facility to $50
  1 16 beginning July 1, 2003.  The rules are to provide that the
  1 17 amount is to be increased annually thereafter by the same
  1 18 percentage as the percentage increase in the consumer price
  1 19 index for all urban consumers during the 12=month period prior
  1 20 to June of the calendar year involved.
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