Senate File 123SENATE FILE BY SCHOENJAHN, BOLKCOM, STEWART, RAGAN, SCHMITZ, KREIMAN, BEALL, DOTZLER, HECKROTH, DVORSKY, HORN, SENG, OLIVE, HATCH, DEARDEN, WOOD, FRAISE, COURTNEY, QUIRMBACH, GRONSTAL, KIBBIE, APPEL, and CONNOLLY Passed Senate, Date Passed House, 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 2102XS 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 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 a 1 10 resident of a psychiatric medical institution for children as 1 11 defined in section 135H.1, shall be fifty dollars per month. 1 12 The personal needs allowance shall be increased annually, on 1 13 January 1, in an amount which is based upon the most recent 1 14 cost of living adjustment announced by the United States 1 15 social security administration for the purpose of determining 1 16 social security benefits. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 This bill provides that the personal needs allowance under 1 19 the medical assistance program, which may be retained by a 1 20 resident of a nursing facility, an intermediate care facility 1 21 for persons with mental retardation, an intermediate care 1 22 facility for persons with mental illness, or a psychiatric 1 23 medical institution for children, is $50 and to be increased 1 24 annually, on January 1, in an amount which is based upon the 1 25 most recent cost of living adjustment announced by the federal 1 26 social security administration for the purpose of determining 1 27 social security benefits. 1 28 LSB 2102XS 82 1 29 pf:rj/je/5