Bill Text: IA HF2202 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the reimbursement of legally responsible individuals and family caregivers as providers of Medicaid home and community-based services waiver services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-29 - Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 150. [HF2202 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2202-Introduced.html
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BY
TUREK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
reimbursement
of
legally
responsible
1
individuals
and
family
caregivers
as
providers
of
Medicaid
2
home
and
community-based
services
waiver
services.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
HOME
AND
COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES
WAIVER
1
SERVICES
——
LEGALLY
RESPONSIBLE
INDIVIDUALS
——
FAMILY
2
CAREGIVERS
——
PAID
PROVIDERS
OF
PERSONAL
CARE
SERVICES.
The
3
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
submit
a
waiver
4
amendment
request
to
the
centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
5
services
of
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
6
human
services
for
approval
to
incorporate
into
the
state’s
7
home
and
community-based
services
1915(c)
waivers,
on
an
8
ongoing
basis,
the
flexibilities
applicable
under
Appendix
9
K
during
the
COVID-19
public
health
emergency
that
allow,
10
to
the
maximum
extent
authorized
under
federal
law,
legally
11
responsible
individuals
and
family
caregivers,
including
12
legal
guardians
and
other
relatives
who
are
not
legally
13
responsible
individuals,
to
be
paid
providers
for
the
purposes
14
of
delivering
supported
community
living,
consumer-directed
15
attendant
care,
or
consumer
choices
option
personal
care
16
services.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
21
services
to
submit
a
waiver
amendment
request
to
the
centers
22
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
23
department
of
health
and
human
services
for
approval
to
24
incorporate
into
the
state’s
home
and
community-based
services
25
1915(c)
waivers,
on
an
ongoing
basis,
the
flexibilities
26
applicable
under
Appendix
K
during
the
COVID-19
public
health
27
emergency
that
allow,
to
the
maximum
extent
authorized
under
28
federal
law,
legally
responsible
individuals
and
family
29
caregivers
to
be
paid
providers
for
the
purposes
of
delivering
30
supported
community
living,
consumer-directed
attendant
care,
31
or
consumer
choices
option
personal
care
services.
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