HSB 514 (LSB 5286YC (4) 89)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON MEYER)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to Medicaid waiver monthly budget cap annual reporting requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 82, section 1, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 1.  MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES BRAIN INJURY WAIVER MAXIMUM.  The department of human services shall eliminate the monthly budget maximum or cap for individuals eligible for the Medicaid home and community-based services brain injury waiver. The department shall track the average amount expended per waiver recipient each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and shall report the information annually to the governor and the general assembly by October 1 December 30.
    Sec. 2.  2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1053, section 1, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 1.  MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES ELDERLY WAIVER MAXIMUM.  The department of human services shall eliminate the monthly budget maximum or cap for individuals eligible for the Medicaid home and community-based services elderly waiver. The department shall track the average amount expended per waiver recipient each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and shall report the information annually to the governor and the general assembly by October 1 December 30.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill changes the date by which the department of human services is required to submit an annual report to the governor and the general assembly regarding the average amount expended per Medicaid waiver recipient for the elderly waiver and the brain injury waiver each fiscal year from October 1 to December 30.