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
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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
