House File 20 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HUSER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to funding for case management under the Medicaid
  2    elderly waiver and providing an appropriation.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1319HH 82
  5 pf/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  CASE MANAGEMENT == MEDICAID ELDERLY WAIVER ==
  1  2 APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
  1  3 the state to the department of elder affairs for the fiscal
  1  4 year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the
  1  5 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  1  6 used for the purposes designated:
  1  7    For case management services provided under the medical
  1  8 assistance elderly waiver:
  1  9 .................................................. $  3,000,000
  1 10    The department of elder affairs shall transfer the funds
  1 11 appropriated in this section to the department of human
  1 12 services in equal amounts on a quarterly basis to reimburse
  1 13 the department of human services for case management services
  1 14 provided under the medical assistance elderly waiver.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill provides for an appropriation of $3 million from
  1 17 the general fund of the state to the department of elder
  1 18 affairs for FY 2007=2008 for case management services provided
  1 19 under the medical assistance elderly waiver.  The bill directs
  1 20 the department of elder affairs to transfer the funds
  1 21 appropriated in equal amounts on a quarterly basis to
  1 22 reimburse the department of human services for these case
  1 23 management services.  The Medicaid home and community=based
  1 24 services elderly waiver provides service funding and
  1 25 individualized supports to maintain eligible consumers in
  1 26 their own homes or communities, who would otherwise require
  1 27 care in a medical institution.  Services include but are not
  1 28 limited to adult day care, home delivery needs, home health
  1 29 aid, and transportation.
  1 30 LSB 1319HH 82
  1 31 pf:rj/gg/14