Senate File 2110 - Introduced



                                  SENATE FILE       
                                  BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

                                  (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2050)

    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 5996SV 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    Beginning July 1, 2010, and annually on July 1 thereafter,
  1  4 the reimbursement payable to a provider of services under a
  1  5 medical assistance program home and community=based services
  1  6 waiver for the elderly shall be recalculated.  The
  1  7 recalculation shall apply the annual inflation factor based on
  1  8 the total skilled nursing facility market basket index
  1  9 utilized by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of
  1 10 the United States department of health and human services.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill requires that beginning July 1, 2010, and
  1 13 annually each July 1 thereafter, the reimbursement payable to
  1 14 providers of services under a medical assistance home and
  1 15 community=based services waiver for the elderly be
  1 16 recalculated.  The recalculation is required to apply the
  1 17 annual inflation factor based on the skilled nursing facility
  1 18 market basket index utilized by the centers for Medicare and
  1 19 Medicaid services of the United States department of health
  1 20 and human services.
  1 21 LSB 5996SV 82
  1 22 pf/rj/8