Senate File 359 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO SF 123) 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 2102SV 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 a 1 9 resident of a psychiatric medical institution for children as 1 10 defined in section 135H.1, shall be fifty dollars per month. 1 11 EXPLANATION 1 12 This bill provides that the personal needs allowance under 1 13 the medical assistance program, which may be retained by a 1 14 resident of a nursing facility, an intermediate care facility 1 15 for persons with mental retardation, an intermediate care 1 16 facility for persons with mental illness, or a psychiatric 1 17 medical institution for children, is $50 per month. 1 18 LSB 2102SV 82 1 19 pf:rj/je/5