House
File
2249
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2249
BY
M.
SMITH
,
MURPHY
,
BEARINGER
,
BERRY
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
COHOON
,
STECKMAN
,
WINCKLER
,
LENSING
,
H.
MILLER
,
THEDE
,
HANSON
,
OURTH
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
STAED
,
ANDERSON
,
and
PRICHARD
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
community-directed
attendant
care
1
requirements,
and
including
effective
and
retroactive
2
applicability
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
138,
section
12,
1
subsection
19,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(6),
is
amended
by
2
striking
the
subparagraph.
3
Sec.
2.
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
138,
section
142,
subsection
4
18,
paragraph
a,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5
a.
The
department
shall
continue
to
implement
the
cost
6
containment
strategies
for
the
medical
assistance
program
in
7
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2014,
that
were
recommended
8
by
the
governor
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2013,
9
as
specified
in
this
Act
and
may
adopt
emergency
rules
for
10
such
implementation.
The
department
shall
not
implement
the
11
cost
containment
strategy
that
requires
transition
of
the
12
provision
by
individual
providers
of
personal
care
under
the
13
consumer-directed
attendant
care
option
to
agency-provided
14
personal
care
services
while
retaining
the
consumer
choice
15
option
for
those
individuals
able
and
desiring
to
self-direct
16
services.
17
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
18
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
19
Sec.
4.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
20
retroactively
to
July
1,
2013.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
relates
to
a
cost
containment
strategy
that
25
would
require
transition
under
the
Medicaid
program
of
the
26
provision
by
individual
providers
of
personal
care
under
the
27
consumer-directed
attendant
care
option
to
agency-provided
28
personal
care
services
while
retaining
the
consumer
choice
29
option
for
those
individuals
able
and
desiring
to
self-direct
30
services.
Because
the
provision
was
included
in
the
31
appropriation
for
the
Medicaid
program
for
FY
2013-2014
and
32
continued
in
FY
2014-2015,
the
bill
eliminates
the
initial
33
directive
for
FY
2013-2014,
and
directs
the
department
of
human
34
services
not
to
implement
the
strategy
for
FY
2014-2015.
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The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
is
retroactively
1
applicable
to
July
1,
2013.
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