House File 106 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to including service animals as an eligible
  2    service reimbursable under the home and community=based
  3    services waivers.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1491YH 83
  6 pf/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  SERVICE ANIMALS == ELIGIBLE SERVICE UNDER
  1  2 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE HOME AND COMMUNITY=BASED SERVICES WAIVERS.
  1  3    1.  The department of human services shall submit a medical
  1  4 assistance state plan amendment to the centers for Medicare
  1  5 and Medicaid services of the United States department of
  1  6 health and human services to add the securing and maintaining
  1  7 of a service animal as an eligible service reimbursable under
  1  8 the medical assistance home and community=based services
  1  9 waivers.
  1 10    2.  If the state plan amendment is approved, the department
  1 11 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this
  1 12 section.
  1 13    3.  For the purposes of this section:
  1 14    a.  "Securing and maintaining" means any activity related
  1 15 to the training and raising of the service animal including
  1 16 but not limited to training, equipment and supplies, food,
  1 17 licenses, and veterinary services.
  1 18    b.  "Service animal" means an animal individually trained
  1 19 to assist or accommodate an individual with a mental,
  1 20 physical, cognitive, psychological, emotional, or sensory
  1 21 disability in order to maintain the individual's health,
  1 22 safety, and independence.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill directs the department of human services to
  1 25 submit a medical assistance state plan amendment to the
  1 26 centers for Medicare and Medicaid services to add the securing
  1 27 and maintaining of a service animal as an eligible service
  1 28 reimbursable under the medical assistance home and
  1 29 community=based services waivers.  If the state plan amendment
  1 30 is approved, the department is directed to adopt rules
  1 31 pursuant to chapter 17A to implement the provision.  The bill
  1 32 defines "service animal" and "securing and maintaining" for
  1 33 the purposes of the bill.
  1 34 LSB 1491YH 83
  1 35 pf/nh/8