House File 22 



                                      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 services for which reimbursement may be
  2    provided under a medical assistance home and community=based
  3    services waiver for the elderly.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1318HH 82
  6 pf/sh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  249A.30B   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 1318HH 82
  1 21 pf:rj/sh/8