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SENATE
FILE
476
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
255)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
personal
needs
allowance
under
the
1
medical
assistance
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
249A.30A,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
249A.30A
Medical
assistance
——
personal
needs
allowance.
3
1.
The
personal
needs
allowance
under
the
medical
4
assistance
program,
which
may
be
retained
by
a
person
who
is
a
5
resident
of
a
nursing
facility,
an
intermediate
care
facility
6
for
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-five
dollars
per
month.
11
2.
A
resident
who
has
income
of
less
than
fifty
sixty-five
12
dollars
per
month
shall
receive
a
supplement
from
the
state
in
13
the
amount
necessary
to
receive
a
personal
needs
allowance
of
14
fifty
sixty-five
dollars
per
month.
The
general
assembly
shall
15
annually
appropriate
a
sufficient
amount
from
the
general
fund
16
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
for
17
this
purpose.
18
3.
Beginning
July
1,
2026,
the
department
shall
annually
19
increase
the
personal
needs
allowance
by
a
percentage
equal
to
20
the
annual
percentage
change
in
the
United
States
department
of
21
labor,
bureau
of
statistics,
consumer
price
index
for
all
urban
22
consumers
for
the
midwest
region,
all
items,
or
a
successor
23
index.
The
personal
needs
allowance
shall
not
exceed
one
24
hundred
dollars
per
month.
25
4.
The
department
shall
review
the
personal
needs
26
allowance,
in
consultation
with
the
long-term
care
ombudsman,
27
and
submit
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
containing
the
28
number
of
recipients
and
disbursements
made
under
this
section,
29
including
any
recommendations
the
department
deems
necessary.
30
Beginning
the
second
Monday
in
January
2027,
the
department
31
shall
biennially
submit
a
report
on
or
before
the
second
Monday
32
in
January.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
relates
to
the
personal
needs
allowance
under
the
2
medical
assistance
program.
3
The
personal
needs
allowance
covers
a
person’s
personal
4
expenses
not
covered
by
the
medical
assistance
program.
5
Current
law
provides
that
a
person
who
is
a
resident
of
a
6
nursing
facility,
an
intermediate
care
facility
for
persons
7
with
an
intellectual
disability
or
mental
illness,
or
a
8
psychiatric
medical
institution
for
children
may
retain
a
9
personal
needs
allowance
of
$50
per
month.
A
resident
who
has
10
an
income
of
less
than
$50
dollars
per
month
shall
receive
a
11
supplement
from
the
state
to
receive
a
personal
needs
allowance
12
of
$50
per
month.
The
bill
increases
the
personal
needs
13
allowance
to
$65
per
month
and
a
resident
with
an
income
of
14
less
than
$65
per
month
shall
receive
a
supplement
from
the
15
state.
16
The
bill
provides
that
beginning
July
1,
2026,
the
17
department
shall
annually
increase
the
personal
needs
allowance
18
by
a
percentage
equal
to
the
annual
percentage
change
in
the
19
United
States
department
of
labor,
bureau
of
labor
statistics,
20
consumer
price
index
for
all
urban
consumers
for
the
midwest
21
region,
all
items,
or
a
successor
index.
The
personal
needs
22
allowance
shall
not
exceed
$100
per
month.
23
Beginning
January
2027,
the
department
of
health
and
24
human
services
shall
review
the
personal
needs
allowance,
in
25
consultation
with
the
long-term
care
ombudsman,
and
biennially
26
submit
a
report
relating
to
the
review
to
the
general
assembly
27
on
or
before
the
second
Monday
in
January.
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