Bill Text: IA HF2092 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid members.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-22 - Introduced, referred to Human Resources. H.J. 117. [HF2092 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2092-Introduced.html
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BY
ISENHART
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
personal
needs
allowance
for
certain
1
Medicaid
members.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
249A.30A,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
249A.30A
Medical
assistance
——
personal
needs
allowance.
3
The
personal
needs
allowance
under
the
medical
assistance
4
program,
which
may
be
retained
by
a
person
who
is
a
resident
5
of
a
nursing
facility,
an
intermediate
care
facility
for
6
persons
with
an
intellectual
disability,
or
an
intermediate
7
care
facility
for
persons
with
mental
illness,
as
defined
in
8
section
135C.1
,
or
a
person
who
is
a
resident
of
a
psychiatric
9
medical
institution
for
children
as
defined
in
section
135H.1
,
10
shall
be
fifty
sixty
dollars
per
month.
A
resident
who
has
11
income
of
less
than
fifty
sixty
dollars
per
month
shall
receive
12
a
supplement
from
the
state
in
the
amount
necessary
to
receive
13
a
personal
needs
allowance
of
fifty
sixty
dollars
per
month,
if
14
funding
is
specifically
appropriated
for
this
purpose.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
increases
the
personal
needs
allowance
under
the
19
Medicaid
program
which
may
be
retained
by
a
person
who
is
a
20
resident
of
a
nursing
facility,
an
intermediate
care
facility
21
for
persons
with
an
intellectual
disability,
or
an
intermediate
22
care
facility
for
persons
with
mental
illness,
or
a
person
who
23
is
a
resident
of
a
psychiatric
medical
institution
for
children
24
from
$50
to
$60
per
month.
Additionally,
under
the
bill,
25
a
resident
who
has
income
of
less
than
$60
per
month
shall
26
receive
a
supplement
from
the
state
in
the
amount
necessary
to
27
receive
a
personal
needs
allowance
of
$60
per
month,
if
funding
28
is
specifically
appropriated
for
this
purpose.
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