HF 626 (LSB 2294YH (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE 626

BY  BLOM

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to monthly stipends for members of the Iowa veterans home, and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 35D.7, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  a.  An Iowa veterans home members fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to the fund by the general assembly and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department from the federal government or private sources for deposit in the fund. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for the purposes of this subsection. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys in the Iowa veterans home members fund shall be credited to the Iowa veterans home members fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys remaining in the Iowa veterans home members fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
   b.  If sufficient moneys are available, the department shall use the moneys from the Iowa veterans home members fund to provide a forty-five dollar monthly stipend to each member of the Iowa veterans home who receives Medicaid benefits.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill creates an Iowa veterans home members fund and requires the department of veterans affairs to use the moneys in the fund for the purpose of providing each member of the Iowa veterans home who receives Medicaid benefits a monthly stipend of $45.