Bill Text: IA HF2521 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act increasing the personal needs allowance of veterans in the Iowa veterans home, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-14 - Introduced, referred to Veterans Affairs. H.J. 266. [HF2521 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2521-Introduced.html
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BY
CAHILL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
increasing
the
personal
needs
allowance
of
veterans
1
in
the
Iowa
veterans
home,
and
including
effective
date
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2521
Section
1.
MEMBERS
OF
IOWA
VETERANS
HOME
——
PERSONAL
NEEDS
1
ALLOWANCE.
The
department
of
veterans
affairs
shall
adopt
2
rules
to
increase
the
amount
exempted
from
the
monthly
income
3
of
a
member
of
the
Iowa
veterans
home
as
the
member’s
personal
4
needs
allowance
by
$10.
5
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
6
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
7
EXPLANATION
8
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
9
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
10
Under
administrative
rules
adopted
by
the
Iowa
department
of
11
veterans
affairs
for
the
Iowa
veterans
home
(801
IAC
10.19),
a
12
veteran
living
in
the
Iowa
veterans
home
has
$140
exempted
as
a
13
personal
needs
allowance
from
the
veteran’s
monthly
income
used
14
to
calculate
member
support.
This
bill
requires
the
department
15
to
adopt
rules
increasing
the
personal
needs
allowance
by
$10.
16
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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