House File 294 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 294 BY FRY A BILL FOR An Act relating to the brain injury home and community-based 1 services waiver monthly budget maximum. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2060YH (2) 88 pf/rh

H.F. 294 Section 1. MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES BRAIN 1 INJURY WAIVER MAXIMUM. The department of human services shall 2 eliminate the monthly budget maximum or cap for individuals 3 eligible for the Medicaid home and community-based services 4 brain injury waiver. The department shall track the average 5 amount expended per waiver recipient each fiscal year beginning 6 July 1, 2019, and shall report the information annually to the 7 governor and the general assembly by October 1. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill requires the department of human services (DHS) 12 to eliminate the monthly budget maximum or cap for individuals 13 eligible for the Medicaid home and community-based services 14 brain injury waiver. The bill requires DHS to track the 15 average amount expended per waiver recipient each fiscal year 16 and report the information annually to the governor and the 17 general assembly by October 1. 18 -1- LSB 2060YH (2) 88 pf/rh 1/ 1