House File 438 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  PETTENGILL


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the determination of the personal needs
  2    allowance retained by medical assistance recipients who are
  3    residents of certain facilities.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1153HH 82
  6 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 COST OF LIVING INDEX.
  1  5    The personal needs allowance under the medical assistance
  1  6 program, which may be retained by a recipient of medical
  1  7 assistance who is a resident of a nursing facility,
  1  8 intermediate care facility for persons with mental
  1  9 retardation, or intermediate care facility for persons with
  1 10 mental illness, as defined in section 135C.1, or who is a
  1 11 resident of a psychiatric medical institution for children as
  1 12 defined in section 135H.1, shall be a minimum of fifty dollars
  1 13 per month.  However, beginning January 1, 2008, and each
  1 14 subsequent January 1, the personal needs allowance for such
  1 15 residents shall be increased in an amount which is based upon
  1 16 the most recent cost of living adjustment announced by the
  1 17 United States social security administration for the purpose
  1 18 of determining social security benefits.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill provides that, in addition to Medicaid recipients
  1 21 who are residents of nursing facilities, the personal needs
  1 22 allowance which may be retained by Medicaid recipients who are
  1 23 residents of intermediate care facilities for persons with
  1 24 mental retardation, intermediate care facilities for persons
  1 25 with mental illness, or psychiatric medical institutions for
  1 26 children, is a minimum of $50 per month.  Also, beginning
  1 27 January 1, 2008, the personal needs allowance for such
  1 28 residents is to be increased, annually, based upon the change
  1 29 in the cost of living adjustment announced for federal social
  1 30 security benefits.
  1 31 LSB 1153HH 82
  1 32 pf:rj/je/5.1