Bill Text: IA HF2108 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing an appropriation to eliminate the current waiting lists for the Medicaid home and community-based services waivers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-23 - Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 119. [HF2108 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2108-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2108
BY
STAED
,
GJERDE
,
BAETH
,
ZABNER
,
AMOS
JR.
,
KURTH
,
STECKMAN
,
NIELSEN
,
CAHILL
,
SCHEETZ
,
LEVIN
,
JAMES
,
GAINES
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
KRESSIG
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
and
TUREK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
an
appropriation
to
eliminate
the
current
1
waiting
lists
for
the
Medicaid
home
and
community-based
2
services
waivers.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
MEDICAID
HOME
AND
COMMUNITY-BASED
SERVICES
1
WAIVERS
——
ELIMINATION
OF
CURRENT
WAITING
LISTS.
There
2
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
3
department
of
health
and
humans
services
for
the
fiscal
year
4
beginning
July
1,
2024,
and
ending
June
30,
2025,
an
amount
5
sufficient,
as
calculated
by
the
Medicaid
forecasting
group
6
consisting
of
staff
members
from
the
department
of
health
7
and
human
services,
the
department
of
management,
and
the
8
fiscal
services
division
of
the
legislative
services
agency,
9
to
eliminate
the
waiting
lists
as
of
June
30,
2024,
for
the
10
Medicaid
home
and
community-based
services
waivers.
The
11
forecasting
group
shall
include
the
amount
appropriated
and
the
12
number
of
individuals
eliminated
from
the
waiting
lists
in
the
13
first
forecasting
report
published
in
the
fiscal
year
beginning
14
July
1,
2024.
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
appropriates
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
19
to
the
department
of
health
and
humans
services
for
FY
20
2024-2025
an
amount
sufficient,
as
calculated
by
the
Medicaid
21
forecasting
group,
to
eliminate
the
waiting
lists
as
of
June
22
30,
2024,
for
the
Medicaid
home
and
community-based
services
23
waivers.
The
amount
appropriated
and
the
number
of
individuals
24
eliminated
from
the
waiting
lists
shall
be
included
in
the
25
first
forecasting
report
published
in
the
fiscal
year
beginning
26
July
1,
2024.
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