SF 2046 (LSB 5599XS (1) 86)

SENATE FILE 2046

BY  RAGAN

A BILL FOR

An Act appropriating funds for a supported employment provider rate increase, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 137, section 29, subsection 1, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  t.  Beginning January 1, 2016, the reimbursement rates for providers of supported employment under the medical assistance program shall be increased by 20 percent over the rates in effect on June 30, 2015.
    Sec. 2.  2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 137, section 149, subsection 1, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  t.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, the reimbursement rates for providers of supported employment under the medical assistance program shall remain at the rates in effect on June 30, 2016.
    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
    Sec. 4.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies retroactively to July 1, 2015.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides for an increase in the reimbursement rates for providers of supported employment under the medical assistance program for FY 2015-2016, of 20 percent over the rates in effect on June 30, 2015. The bill also provides that these reimbursement rates for FY 2016-2017 would remain at the increased rates.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to July 1, 2015.