House File 2353 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  STRUYK, DANDEKAR,
                                           and HUSER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to assistance limitations for home and vehicle
  2    modification applied under certain medical assistance home and
  3    community=based services waivers.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5509YH 81
  6 jp/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 249A.32A, Code Supplement 2005, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1  3    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The department shall make the
  1  4 limitation for home and vehicle modification assistance under
  1  5 the medical assistance home and community=based services
  1  6 waiver for persons with mental retardation consistent with the
  1  7 limitation for such assistance applied under the following
  1  8 medical assistance home and community=based services waivers:
  1  9 persons with brain injury, ill and handicapped, and physical
  1 10 disability.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill relates to the assistance limitations for home
  1 13 and vehicle modification applied by the department of human
  1 14 services under certain medical assistance (Medicaid program)
  1 15 home and community=based services waivers.  Currently, by rule
  1 16 the assistance for home and vehicle modification under the
  1 17 waiver for persons with mental retardation is subject to a
  1 18 lifetime limit of $5,000 and such assistance under the waivers
  1 19 for persons with brain injury, ill and handicapped, and
  1 20 physical disability is subject to an annual limitation of
  1 21 $6,000.  The bill requires the department to make the
  1 22 limitation for the waiver for persons with mental retardation
  1 23 consistent with the other waivers.
  1 24 LSB 5509YH 81
  1 25 jp:nh/sh/8