Senate File 60 - Introduced





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



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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to reimbursement for services provided under a
  2    medical assistance home and community=based services waiver
  3    for the elderly.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1128XS 83
  6 pf/rj/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  249A.30B   HOME AND COMMUNITY=
  1  2 BASED SERVICES WAIVER == ELDERLY == REIMBURSEMENT.
  1  3    The reimbursement for a provider of services under a
  1  4 medical assistance program home and community=based services
  1  5 waiver for the elderly shall be recalculated annually on July
  1  6 1.  The annual inflation factor applied shall be determined
  1  7 based on the total skilled nursing facility market basket
  1  8 index utilized by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid
  1  9 services of the United States department of health and human
  1 10 services.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill requires the reimbursement for providers of
  1 13 services under a medical assistance home and community=based
  1 14 services waiver for the elderly to be recalculated annually on
  1 15 July 1.  The annual inflation factor applied is to be
  1 16 determined based on the skilled nursing facility market basket
  1 17 index utilized by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid
  1 18 services of the United States department of health and human
  1 19 services.
  1 20 LSB 1128XS 83
  1 21 pf/rj/8