Senate File 2050 - Introduced



                                  SENATE FILE       
                                  BY  SCHOENJAHN, BEALL, HATCH, BLACK,
                                      KIBBIE, APPEL, COURTNEY, FRAISE,
                                      DEARDEN, WOOD, OLIVE, QUIRMBACH,
                                      HOGG, SENG, HORN, WARNSTADT,
                                      HECKROTH, DOTZLER, DANIELSON,
                                      SCHMITZ, RAGAN, STEWART, CONNOLLY,
                                      BOLKCOM, McCOY, and KREIMAN



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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to reimbursements under medical assistance home
  2    and community=based services waivers for the elderly.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5996SS 82
  5 pf/rj/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 payable to 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 recalculation shall apply the annual inflation factor
  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 requires the reimbursement payable to providers
  1 13 of services under a medical assistance home and
  1 14 community=based services waiver for the elderly to be
  1 15 recalculated annually on July 1.  The recalculation is
  1 16 required to apply the annual inflation factor based on the
  1 17 skilled nursing facility market basket index utilized by the
  1 18 centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United
  1 19 States department of health and human services.
  1 20 LSB 5996SS 82
  1 21 pf/rj/8