Senate
File
2046
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2046
BY
RAGAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
appropriating
funds
for
a
supported
employment
provider
1
rate
increase,
and
including
effective
date
and
retroactive
2
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
2015
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
137,
section
29,
1
subsection
1,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
t.
Beginning
January
1,
2016,
the
3
reimbursement
rates
for
providers
of
supported
employment
under
4
the
medical
assistance
program
shall
be
increased
by
20
percent
5
over
the
rates
in
effect
on
June
30,
2015.
6
Sec.
2.
2015
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
137,
section
149,
subsection
7
1,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
8
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
t.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
9
1,
2016,
the
reimbursement
rates
for
providers
of
supported
10
employment
under
the
medical
assistance
program
shall
remain
at
11
the
rates
in
effect
on
June
30,
2016.
12
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
13
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
14
Sec.
4.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
15
retroactively
to
July
1,
2015.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
provides
for
an
increase
in
the
reimbursement
20
rates
for
providers
of
supported
employment
under
the
medical
21
assistance
program
for
FY
2015-2016,
of
20
percent
over
the
22
rates
in
effect
on
June
30,
2015.
The
bill
also
provides
that
23
these
reimbursement
rates
for
FY
2016-2017
would
remain
at
the
24
increased
rates.
25
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
is
retroactively
26
applicable
to
July
1,
2015.
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