House File 122 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  REICHERT


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the annual adjustment of the personal needs
  2    allowance for residents of certain facilities and providing an
  3    effective date and for retroactive applicability.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1874HH 82
  6 pf/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 249A.30A, Code 2007, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    249A.30A  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE == PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE ==
  1  4 COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
  1  5    1.  The personal needs allowance under the medical
  1  6 assistance program, which may be retained by a resident of a
  1  7 nursing facility, an intermediate care facility for persons
  1  8 with mental retardation, or an intermediate care facility for
  1  9 persons with mental illness, as defined in section 135C.1, or
  1 10 a resident of a psychiatric medical institution for children
  1 11 as defined in section 135H.1, shall be fifty dollars per
  1 12 month.
  1 13    2.  Beginning July 1, 2007, the personal needs allowance
  1 14 for the residents specified in subsection 1 shall be
  1 15 seventy=five dollars per month.
  1 16    3.  Beginning January 1, 2008, and each subsequent January
  1 17 1, the personal needs allowance for the residents specified in
  1 18 subsection 1 shall be increased in an amount which is based
  1 19 upon the most recent cost of living adjustment announced by
  1 20 the United States social security administration for the
  1 21 purpose of determining social security benefits.
  1 22    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATES.
  1 23 This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect
  1 24 upon enactment and the portion of this Act relating to
  1 25 providing a personal needs allowance of fifty dollars to
  1 26 residents of certain facilities is retroactively applicable to
  1 27 July 1, 2006.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill provides that the personal needs allowance under
  1 30 the medical assistance program, which may be retained by a
  1 31 resident of a nursing facility, an intermediate care facility
  1 32 for persons with mental retardation, or an intermediate care
  1 33 facility for persons with mental illness, or a resident of a
  1 34 psychiatric medical institution for children, is $75 and is to
  1 35 be increased annually on January 1, in an amount which is
  2  1 based upon the most recent cost of living adjustment announced
  2  2 by the federal social security administration for the purpose
  2  3 of determining social security benefits.
  2  4    The bill takes effect upon enactment and the provision in
  2  5 the bill relating to providing a personal needs allowance of
  2  6 $50 to residents of certain facilities is retroactively
  2  7 applicable to July 1, 2006.
  2  8 LSB 1874HH 82
  2  9 pf:rj/je/5