House File 554 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY ALONS, HUSEMAN, SCHULTZ, SORENSON, MAY, SCHULTE, DE BOEF, PETTENGILL, RAYHONS, and MERTZ Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for increased reimbursement paid by the 2 department of human services for certain providers of services 3 to persons with mental retardation or other disabilities and 4 making an appropriation. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 1505YH 83 7 jp/nh/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES == PROVIDER 1 2 REIMBURSEMENTS. 1 3 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 1 4 state to the department of human services for the fiscal year 1 5 beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010, the 1 6 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be 1 7 used for the purpose designated: 1 8 For increasing the reimbursement paid to certain service 1 9 providers in accordance with this section: 1 10 .................................................. $ 1,134,000 1 11 2. The appropriation made in this section shall be used in 1 12 combination with other appropriations made for the services 1 13 and providers listed in this section to increase the 1 14 providers' reimbursement rate or amount for the fiscal year 1 15 beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010, above the 1 16 rates or amounts in effect on June 30, 2009. The increase 1 17 shall be provided in addition to any other reimbursement rate 1 18 or amount specified in other law addressing reimbursement for 1 19 the listed providers for the fiscal year. 1 20 3. Of the amount appropriated in this section, up to 1 21 $526,400 is allocated to provide a 4.1 percent cost of living 1 22 increase in the reimbursement rates paid for intermediate care 1 23 facilities for persons with mental retardation. Any 1 24 percentile limitation applied to such providers shall be 1 25 adjusted as necessary to incorporate the percentage increase 1 26 addressed by this subsection. 1 27 4. Of the amount appropriated in this section, up to 1 28 $607,600 is allocated to increase the reimbursement rates or 1 29 amounts paid to residential care facilities and residential 1 30 care facilities for persons with mental retardation by 3 1 31 percent. 1 32 5. The department may adjust the allocations made in this 1 33 section as necessary for payment of the rates or amounts 1 34 specified, provided the overall expenditures remain within the 1 35 amount appropriated. 2 1 EXPLANATION 2 2 This bill provides for increased reimbursement by the 2 3 department of human services for intermediate care facilities 2 4 for persons with mental retardation (ICF/MR), residential care 2 5 facilities (RCF), and residential care facilities for persons 2 6 with mental retardation (RCF/MR) for FY 2009=2010 over the 2 7 rates or amounts in effect on June 30, 2009. An appropriation 2 8 of $1.1 million from the general fund of the state is included 2 9 and is required to be used in combination with other 2 10 appropriations for payment of the reimbursement. 2 11 The increase for ICF/MR providers is a cost of living 2 12 increase of 4.1 percent and any percentile limitation on the 2 13 reimbursement paid for ICF/MR is to be adjusted to incorporate 2 14 this percentage increase. 2 15 The increase for RCF and RCF/MR providers is 3 percent. 2 16 The department is authorized to revise the allocation 2 17 amounts made in the bill as necessary to pay the specified 2 18 increases, provided the overall appropriation amount is not 2 19 exceeded. 2 20 LSB 1505YH 83 2 21 jp/nh/14.2