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:
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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.
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