House File 2117 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  MASCHER

                                       (COMPANION TO LSB 5203SS
                                        BY BOLKCOM)

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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the annual adjustment of the personal needs
  2    allowance for residents of certain institutional health
  3    facilities.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5203HH 82
  6 pf/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 249A.30A, Code Supplement 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    249A.30A  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE == PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE ==
  1  4 COST OF LIVING INDEX.
  1  5    The personal needs allowance under the medical assistance
  1  6 program, which may be retained by a resident of a nursing
  1  7 facility, an intermediate care facility for persons with
  1  8 mental retardation, or an intermediate care facility for
  1  9 persons with mental illness, as defined in section 135C.1, or
  1 10 who is a resident of a psychiatric medical institution for
  1 11 children as defined in section 135H.1, shall be fifty dollars
  1 12 per month.  The personal needs allowance for such residents
  1 13 shall be increased annually, on January 1, in an amount by the
  1 14 same percentage as the most recent cost of living adjustment
  1 15 announced by the United States social security administration
  1 16 for the purpose of determining social security benefits.  A
  1 17 resident who has income of less than fifty dollars the amount
  1 18 specified under this section per month shall receive a
  1 19 supplement from the state in the amount necessary to receive a
  1 20 personal needs allowance of fifty dollars the specified amount
  1 21 per month, if funding is specifically appropriated for this
  1 22 purpose.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill provides for a cost of living increase, annually,
  1 25 on January 1, in the personal needs allowance under the
  1 26 medical assistance program which may be retained by a resident
  1 27 of a nursing facility, an intermediate care facility for
  1 28 persons with mental retardation, or an intermediate care
  1 29 facility for persons with mental illness, as defined in Code
  1 30 section 135C.1, or who is a resident of a psychiatric medical
  1 31 institution for children as defined in Code section 135H.1.
  1 32 The personal needs allowance, currently $50, is to be
  1 33 increased by the same percentage as the most recent cost of
  1 34 living adjustment announced by the United States social
  1 35 security administration for the purpose of determining social
  2  1 security.
  2  2 LSB 5203HH 82
  2  3 pf/rj/8