House File 501 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ALONS, L. MILLER, HEATON,
                                           BAUDLER, SCHULTE, SMITH,
                                           and UPMEYER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to development of a plan for a home and
  2    community=based services autism waiver under the medical
  3    assistance program.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2486YH 83
  6 pf/nh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE HOME AND COMMUNITY=BASED
  1  2 SERVICES WAIVER FOR AUTISM.
  1  3    1.  The department of human services shall develop a plan
  1  4 to implement a home and community=based services waiver for
  1  5 individuals up to twenty=one years of age with autism under
  1  6 the medical assistance program.  The department shall work
  1  7 with the Iowa autism council established in section 256.35A
  1  8 and other interested parties in developing the plan.
  1  9    2.  The department shall provide progress reports to the
  1 10 legislative services agency until such time as the final plan
  1 11 is completed.
  1 12    3.  The department shall present the final plan to the
  1 13 general assembly by January 15, 2010.
  1 14    4.  For the purposes of this section, "autism" means autism
  1 15 as defined in section 256.35A.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill directs the department of human services to
  1 18 develop a plan to implement a home and community=based
  1 19 services waiver for individuals up to 21 years of age with
  1 20 autism under the medical assistance program.  The bill also
  1 21 directs the department to work with the Iowa autism council
  1 22 and other interested parties in developing the plan.
  1 23    The department is to provide progress reports to the
  1 24 legislative services agency until the final plan is completed.
  1 25    The final plan is to be presented to the general assembly
  1 26 by January 15, 2010.  For the purposes of the bill, "autism"
  1 27 means a spectrum disorder that includes, at various levels of
  1 28 severity, autism, Asperger's disorder, pervasive developmental
  1 29 disorder not otherwise specified, Rett's syndrome, and
  1 30 childhood disintegrative disorder.
  1 31 LSB 2486YH 83
  1 32 pf/nh/8.1