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

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  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