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

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  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