House Study Bill 530 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON MEYER) A BILL FOR An Act relating to reimbursement of psychiatric intensive 1 inpatient care under the Medicaid program. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5588YC (5) 89 pf/rh

H.F. _____ Section 1. PSYCHIATRIC INTENSIVE INPATIENT CARE 1 REIMBURSEMENT —— MEDICAID. Beginning July 1, 2022, the 2 department of human services shall implement a tiered rate 3 reimbursement methodology for psychiatric intensive inpatient 4 care under the Medicaid program based on the level of patient 5 acuity and other factors as recommended in the inpatient bed 6 tracking study committee report submitted to the governor and 7 the general assembly on December 1, 2021. 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, 12 beginning July 1, 2022, to implement a tiered rate 13 reimbursement methodology for psychiatric intensive inpatient 14 care under the Medicaid program based on the level of patient 15 acuity and other factors as recommended in the inpatient bed 16 tracking study committee report submitted to the governor and 17 the general assembly on December 1, 2021. 18 -1- LSB 5588YC (5) 89 pf/rh 1/ 1