House File 109HOUSE FILE BY STRUYK 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 1500YH 82 6 jp/es/88 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 249A.32A, Code 2007, is amended by 1 2 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 (441 IAC 79.1 (2)) the assistance for home and vehicle 1 17 modification under the waiver for persons with mental 1 18 retardation is subject to a lifetime limit of $5,000 and such 1 19 assistance under the waivers for persons with brain injury, 1 20 ill and handicapped, and physical disability is subject to an 1 21 annual limitation of $6,000. The bill requires the department 1 22 to make the limitation for the waiver for persons with mental 1 23 retardation consistent with the other waivers. 1 24 LSB 1500YH 82 1 25 jp /es/88