Senate File 54 - Introduced





                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  BOLKCOM, BLACK, QUIRMBACH,
                                        STEWART, RAGAN, BEALL,
                                        SCHMITZ, SCHOENJAHN, DOTZLER,
                                        HECKROTH, WILHELM, HOGG,
                                        HORN, OLIVE, DANDEKAR, DEARDEN,
                                        APPEL, COURTNEY, KIBBIE,
                                        JOCHUM, KREIMAN, McCOY, and
                                        HATCH




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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act making an appropriation for case management under the
  2    Medicaid elderly waiver.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1121XS 83
  5 pf/rj/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  CASE MANAGEMENT == MEDICAID ELDERLY WAIVER ==
  1  2 APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
  1  3 the state to the department of elder affairs for the fiscal
  1  4 year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010, the
  1  5 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  1  6 used for the purpose designated:
  1  7    For reimbursement of the actual costs of case management
  1  8 services provided under the medical assistance elderly waiver:
  1  9 .................................................. $  1,600,000
  1 10    The department of elder affairs shall transfer the funds
  1 11 appropriated in this section to the department of human
  1 12 services in equal amounts on a quarterly basis to reimburse
  1 13 the department of human services for case management services
  1 14 provided under the medical assistance elderly waiver.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill appropriates $1.6 million from the general fund
  1 17 of the state to the department of elder affairs for FY
  1 18 2009=2010 for reimbursement of the actual costs of case
  1 19 management services provided under the medical assistance
  1 20 elderly waiver.  The bill directs the department of elder
  1 21 affairs to transfer the funds appropriated in equal amounts on
  1 22 a quarterly basis to reimburse the department of human
  1 23 services for these case management services.  The Medicaid
  1 24 home and community=based services elderly waiver provides
  1 25 service funding and individualized supports to maintain
  1 26 eligible consumers in their own homes or communities, who
  1 27 would otherwise require care in a medical institution.
  1 28 Services include but are not limited to adult day care, home
  1 29 delivery needs, home health aid, and transportation.
  1 30 LSB 1121XS 83
  1 31 pf/rj/14