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SENATE
FILE
528
BY
CELSI
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
personal
needs
allowance
for
residents
1
of
certain
facilities
under
the
Medicaid
program,
and
2
providing
an
appropriation.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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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
eighty-five
dollars
per
month.
11
2.
A
resident
who
has
income
of
less
than
fifty
eighty-five
12
dollars
per
month
shall
receive
a
supplement
from
the
state
13
in
the
amount
necessary
to
receive
a
personal
needs
allowance
14
of
fifty
eighty-five
dollars
per
month.
The
general
assembly
15
shall
annually
appropriate
a
sufficient
amount
from
the
16
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
health
and
17
human
services
for
this
purpose
to
provide
the
supplementation
18
specified
under
this
section
.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
provides
for
an
increase,
from
$50
to
$85,
in
the
23
personal
needs
allowance
under
Medicaid
retained
by
a
person
24
who
is
a
resident
of
a
nursing
facility,
an
intermediate
care
25
facility
for
persons
with
an
intellectual
disability,
or
an
26
intermediate
care
facility
for
persons
with
mental
illness,
or
27
a
person
who
is
a
resident
of
a
psychiatric
medical
institution
28
for
children.
A
resident
who
has
income
of
less
than
$85
per
29
month
shall
receive
a
supplement
from
the
state
as
necessary
to
30
receive
a
personal
needs
allowance
of
$85.
The
bill
provides
31
for
an
annual
appropriation
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
32
to
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
an
amount
33
sufficient
to
provide
the
supplementation
specified
in
the
34
bill.
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