Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
316
BY
KINNEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
provision
of
supported
community
living
1
services
to
a
member
under
Medicaid
home
and
community-based
2
services
waivers
in
the
home
of
the
member’s
family,
and
3
including
effective
date
and
retroactive
applicability
4
provisions.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
MEDICAID
HOME
AND
COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES
1
WAIVERS
——
SUPPORTED
COMMUNITY
LIVING
SERVICES
IN
HOME
OF
2
FAMILY
MEMBER
——
REIMBURSEMENT.
3
1.
Effective
March
1,
2017,
the
department
of
human
services
4
shall
make
supported
community
living
services
available
at
a
5
daily
rate
to
members
living
in
the
home
of
a
family
member.
6
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“family
member”
includes
a
7
person
related
to
the
member
by
consanguinity
or
affinity,
8
including
but
not
limited
to
a
sibling
of
the
member
or
a
9
parent
of
an
adult
member.
10
2.
A
family
member
in
whose
home
the
member
lives
and
who
11
is
providing
supported
community
living
services
under
an
12
exception
to
policy
on
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
shall
13
be
allowed
to
continue
to
provide
the
services
and
to
be
14
reimbursed
at
the
daily
rate
in
effect
on
the
effective
date
15
of
this
Act.
16
3.
The
department
shall
amend
any
Medicaid
managed
care
17
contract
and
shall
seek
any
federal
approval
necessary
to
amend
18
home
and
community-based
services
waivers
to
comply
with
this
19
section,
effective
March
1,
2017.
20
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
21
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
22
Sec.
3.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
23
retroactively
to
March
1,
2017.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
directs
the
department
of
human
services
(DHS),
28
effective
March
1,
2017,
to
make
available
under
Medicaid
29
home
and
community-based
services
waivers
the
provision
of
30
and
a
daily
rate
reimbursement
for
supported
community
living
31
services
in
the
home
of
a
family
member.
The
bill
defines
32
“family
member”
to
include
a
person
related
to
the
member
by
33
consanguinity
or
affinity,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
34
sibling
of
the
member
or
a
parent
of
an
adult
member.
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The
bill
also
provides
that
a
family
member
in
whose
home
1
the
member
lives
and
who
is
providing
supported
community
2
living
services
under
an
exception
to
policy
on
the
effective
3
date
of
the
bill
shall
be
allowed
to
continue
to
provide
the
4
services
and
to
be
reimbursed
at
the
daily
rate
in
effect
on
5
the
effective
date
of
the
bill.
6
DHS
shall
amend
any
Medicaid
managed
care
contract
and
shall
7
seek
any
federal
approval
necessary
to
amend
existing
Medicaid
8
home
and
community-based
services
waivers
to
comply
with
the
9
bill
effective
March
1,
2017.
10
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
is
retroactively
11
applicable
to
March
1,
2017.
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