Senate
File
2303
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2303
BY
CELSI
,
DONAHUE
,
WEINER
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
JOCHUM
,
WINCKLER
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
BISIGNANO
,
DOTZLER
,
PETERSEN
,
KNOX
,
BOULTON
,
QUIRMBACH
,
WAHLS
,
and
BENNETT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
personal
needs
allowance
for
residents
1
of
certain
facilities
under
the
Medicaid
program,
and
2
providing
an
appropriation.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
TLSB
5727XS
(5)
90
pf/ko
S.F.
2303
Section
1.
Section
249A.30A,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
249A.30A
Medical
assistance
——
personal
needs
allowance
——
3
appropriation
.
4
The
personal
needs
allowance
under
the
medical
assistance
5
program,
which
may
be
retained
by
a
person
who
is
a
resident
of
6
a
nursing
facility,
an
intermediate
care
facility
for
persons
7
with
an
intellectual
disability,
or
an
intermediate
care
8
facility
for
persons
with
mental
illness,
as
defined
in
section
9
135C.1
,
or
a
person
who
is
a
resident
of
a
psychiatric
medical
10
institution
for
children
as
defined
in
section
135H.1
,
shall
11
be
fifty
eighty-five
dollars
per
month.
A
resident
who
has
12
income
of
less
than
fifty
eighty-five
dollars
per
month
shall
13
receive
a
supplement
from
the
state
in
the
amount
necessary
to
14
receive
a
personal
needs
allowance
of
fifty
eighty-five
dollars
15
per
month
,
if
funding
is
specifically
appropriated
for
this
16
purpose
.
The
general
assembly
shall
appropriate
a
sufficient
17
amount
annually
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
18
department
to
provide
the
supplementation
specified
under
this
19
section.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
provides
for
an
increase,
from
$50
to
$85,
in
the
24
personal
needs
allowance
under
Medicaid
retained
by
a
person
25
who
is
a
resident
of
a
nursing
facility,
an
intermediate
care
26
facility
for
persons
with
an
intellectual
disability,
or
an
27
intermediate
care
facility
for
persons
with
mental
illness,
or
28
a
person
who
is
a
resident
of
a
psychiatric
medical
institution
29
for
children.
A
resident
who
has
income
of
less
than
$85
per
30
month
shall
receive
a
supplement
from
the
state
as
necessary
to
31
receive
a
personal
needs
allowance
of
$85.
The
bill
provides
32
for
an
annual
appropriation
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
33
to
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
an
amount
34
sufficient
to
provide
the
supplementation
specified
in
the
35
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