Senate File 408 SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1172) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to health care including reimbursement of health 2 care facilities based on resident program eligibility. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 3175SV 80 5 pf/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135C.31A ASSESSMENT OF RESIDENTS 1 2 == PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY. 1 3 Beginning July 1, 2003, a health care facility receiving 1 4 reimbursement through the medical assistance program under 1 5 chapter 249A shall assist the Iowa commission of veterans 1 6 affairs in determining, prior to the initial admission of a 1 7 resident, the prospective resident's eligibility for benefits 1 8 through the federal department of veterans affairs. The 1 9 health care facility shall also assist the Iowa commission of 1 10 veterans affairs in determining such eligibility for residents 1 11 residing in the facility on July 1, 2003. The department 1 12 shall adopt rules to administer this section, including a 1 13 provision that ensures that if a resident is eligible for 1 14 benefits through the federal department of veterans affairs or 1 15 other third=party payor, the payor of last resort for 1 16 reimbursement to the health care facility is the medical 1 17 assistance program. This section shall not apply to the 1 18 admission of an individual to a state mental health institute 1 19 for acute psychiatric care. 1 20 EXPLANATION 1 21 This bill requires that a licensed health care facility 1 22 assist the Iowa commission of veterans affairs in determining, 1 23 prior to initial admission of a resident, the prospective 1 24 resident's eligibility for benefits through the United States 1 25 department of veterans affairs. The bill also requires that 1 26 the health care facility assist the Iowa commission of 1 27 veterans affairs in determining the eligibility of current 1 28 residents. 1 29 LSB 3175SV 80 1 30 pf/sh/8 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35