HF 2205 (LSB 5183YH (5) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2205

BY  TUREK

A BILL FOR

An Act providing an appropriation to eliminate the current waiting lists for the Medicaid home and community-based services waivers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES WAIVERS —— ELIMINATION OF CURRENT WAITING LISTS.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of health and humans services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, an amount sufficient, as calculated by the Medicaid forecasting group consisting of staff members from the department of health and human services, the department of management, and the fiscal services division of the legislative services agency, to eliminate the waiting lists as of June 30, 2024, for the Medicaid home and community-based services waivers. The forecasting group shall include the amount appropriated and the number of individuals eliminated from the waiting lists in the first forecasting report published in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill appropriates from the general fund of the state to the department of health and humans services for FY 2024-2025 an amount sufficient, as calculated by the Medicaid forecasting group, to eliminate the waiting lists as of June 30, 2024, for the Medicaid home and community-based services waivers. The amount appropriated and the number of individuals eliminated from the waiting lists shall be included in the first forecasting report published in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024.