House File 434 - Introduced



                                     HOUSE FILE       
                                     BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

                                     (SUCCESSOR TO HF 17)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the personal needs allowance for residents of
  2    certain facilities.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1542HV 82
  5 pf/je/5

PAG LIN



  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    The personal needs allowance under the medical assistance
  1  5 program, which may be retained by a resident of a nursing
  1  6 facility, an intermediate care facility for persons with
  1  7 mental retardation, or an intermediate care facility for
  1  8 persons with mental illness, as defined in section 135C.1, or
  1  9 who is a resident of a psychiatric medical institution for
  1 10 children as defined in section 135H.1, shall be fifty dollars
  1 11 per month.  A resident who has income of less than fifty
  1 12 dollars per month shall receive a supplement from the state in
  1 13 the amount necessary to receive a personal needs allowance of
  1 14 fifty dollars per month, if funding is specifically
  1 15 appropriated for this purpose.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill provides that the personal needs allowance under
  1 18 the medical assistance program, which may be retained by a
  1 19 resident of a nursing facility, an intermediate care facility
  1 20 for persons with mental retardation, an intermediate care
  1 21 facility for persons with mental illness, or a resident of a
  1 22 psychiatric medical institution for children, is $50.  The
  1 23 bill also provides that if a resident has income of less than
  1 24 $50 per month, the person shall receive a supplement from the
  1 25 state in the amount necessary to receive a personal needs
  1 26 allowance of $50, if funding is specifically appropriated for
  1 27 this purpose.
  1 28 LSB 1542HV 82
  1 29 pf:rj/je/5