Bill Text: IA HF2171 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the release of nursing facility reimbursement rates under the Medicaid program. (Formerly HSB 554.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2022-05-23 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 901. [HF2171 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF2171-Enrolled.html
House File 2171 - Enrolled House File 2171 AN ACT RELATING TO THE RELEASE OF NURSING FACILITY REIMBURSEMENT RATES UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. NURSING FACILITY MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATE RELEASE. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department of human services may release nursing facility rates prior to receiving approval of a state plan amendment from the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services (CMS) to reduce retrospective rate processing. The department may retroactively adjust or modify nursing facility rates released prior to receipt of federal approval and may retroactively reconcile payments based on such rates as necessary to reflect any differences between the rates submitted and the rates
House File 2171, p. 2 actually approved by CMS and to align the rates with available funding. ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY Speaker of the House ______________________________ JAKE CHAPMAN President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2171, Eighty-ninth General Assembly. ______________________________ MEGHAN NELSON Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2022 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor
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