House File 509 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON, SCHULTE, UPMEYER,
                                           RAECKER, and RAYHONS


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the use of federal funding for medical
  2    assistance home and community=based services waivers.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2487YH 83
  5 pf/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE HOME AND COMMUNITY=BASED
  1  2 SERVICES WAIVERS == WAITING LIST ELIMINATION == GROWTH.  The
  1  3 department of human services shall develop a methodology to
  1  4 ensure the utilization of federal funding received through the
  1  5 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the medical
  1  6 assistance program to eliminate any existing waiting lists for
  1  7 medical assistance home and community=based services waivers
  1  8 and to provide sufficient funding for any future growth in
  1  9 service demand.  Such methodology shall be included in any
  1 10 medical assistance state plan amendment or waiver request
  1 11 submitted by the department as required by the United States
  1 12 department of health and human services for receipt or
  1 13 utilization of such federal funds.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill requires the department of human services to
  1 16 develop a methodology to ensure utilization of federal funding
  1 17 received through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
  1 18 2009 for the medical assistance program to eliminate any
  1 19 existing waiting lists under the medical assistance home and
  1 20 community=based services waivers and to provide sufficient
  1 21 funding for any future growth in service demand.  The
  1 22 methodology is to be included in any medical assistance state
  1 23 plan amendment or waiver request submitted by the department
  1 24 as required by the federal government for receipt or
  1 25 utilization of the federal funds.
  1 26 LSB 2487YH 83
  1 27 pf/nh/14