Senate File 218 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY RAGAN, BOLKCOM, and KREIMAN Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the reimbursement for medical assistance home 2 and community=based services waiver services for the elderly. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2617ST 81 5 pf/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 249A.30A HOME AND COMMUNITY= 1 2 BASED SERVICES WAIVER == ELDERLY == REIMBURSEMENT. 1 3 The reimbursement for a provider of services under a 1 4 medical assistance program home and community=based services 1 5 waiver for the elderly shall be recalculated annually on July 1 6 1. The annual inflation factor applied shall be determined 1 7 based on the total skilled nursing facility market basket 1 8 index utilized by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid 1 9 services of the United States department of health and human 1 10 services. 1 11 EXPLANATION 1 12 This bill provides that the reimbursement for providers of 1 13 services under a medical assistance home and community=based 1 14 services waiver for the elderly is to be recalculated annually 1 15 on July 1. The annual inflation factor applied is to be 1 16 determined based on the skilled nursing facility market basket 1 17 index utilized by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid 1 18 services of the United States department of health and human 1 19 services. 1 20 LSB 2617ST 81 1 21 pf:rj/sh/8