HF 2521 (LSB 6094YH (3) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2521

BY  CAHILL

A BILL FOR

An Act increasing the personal needs allowance of veterans in the Iowa veterans home, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  MEMBERS OF IOWA VETERANS HOME —— PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE.  The department of veterans affairs shall adopt rules to increase the amount exempted from the monthly income of a member of the Iowa veterans home as the member’s personal needs allowance by $10.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under administrative rules adopted by the Iowa department of veterans affairs for the Iowa veterans home (801 IAC 10.19), a veteran living in the Iowa veterans home has $140 exempted as a personal needs allowance from the veteran’s monthly income used to calculate member support. This bill requires the department to adopt rules increasing the personal needs allowance by $10.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.