House File 57 - Introduced



                                    HOUSE FILE       
                                    BY  WHITAKER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to inclusion of assisted living services under
  2    the medical assistance home and community=based services
  3    waiver for the elderly.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1022YH 83
  6 pf/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  HOME AND COMMUNITY=BASED SERVICES WAIVER FOR
  1  2 THE ELDERLY == INCLUSION OF ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES.
  1  3    1.  The department of human services shall request a waiver
  1  4 from the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the
  1  5 United States department of health and human services to add
  1  6 assisted living services to the home and community=based
  1  7 services waiver for the elderly under the medical assistance
  1  8 program.
  1  9    2.  If the department of human services receives approval
  1 10 of the waiver, the department shall submit a plan for
  1 11 implementation to the general assembly.  However, the waiver
  1 12 shall not be implemented prior to specific action by the
  1 13 general assembly to implement the waiver.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill directs the department of human services (DHS) to
  1 16 request a waiver from the centers for Medicare and Medicaid
  1 17 services of the United States department of health and human
  1 18 services to add assisted living services to the home and
  1 19 community=based services waiver for the elderly under the
  1 20 medical assistance program.
  1 21    The bill provides that if DHS receives approval of the
  1 22 waiver, DHS is to submit a plan for implementation to the
  1 23 general assembly.  The bill also prohibits DHS from
  1 24 implementing the waiver prior to specific action being taken
  1 25 by the general assembly to implement the waiver.
  1 26 LSB 1022YH 83
  1 27 pf/nh/14