Senate File 2048 - Introduced



                                  SENATE FILE       
                                  BY  BOLKCOM, BEALL, RAGAN,
                                      CONNOLLY, HANCOCK, KIBBIE,
                                      GRONSTAL, COURTNEY, FRAISE,
                                      QUIRMBACH, SCHOENJAHN,
                                      DEARDEN, KREIMAN, WOOD,
                                      SENG, HORN, DVORSKY, DOTZLER,
                                      DANIELSON, WARNSTADT, STEWART,
                                      HATCH, and McCOY

                                  (COMPANION TO LSB 5740HH
                                   BY HUSER)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the personal needs allowance for residents of
  2    nursing facilities.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5740SS 81
  5 pf/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  249A.30A  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ==
  1  2 PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE.
  1  3    The personal needs allowance under the medical assistance
  1  4 program, which may be retained by a resident of a nursing
  1  5 facility as defined in section 135C.1, shall be fifty dollars
  1  6 per month.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8    This bill allows residents of nursing facilities
  1  9 participating in the medical assistance program to retain a
  1 10 personal needs allowance of $50 per month.  The current
  1 11 personal needs allowance is $30 per month per administrative
  1 12 rule.
  1 13 LSB 5740SS 81
  1 14 pf:rj/sh/8