Bill Text: IA HF2200 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the diagnosis of an intellectual disability required for the Medicaid home and community-based services intellectual disability waiver.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-29 - Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 150. [HF2200 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2200-Introduced.html
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BY
TUREK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
diagnosis
of
an
intellectual
disability
1
required
for
the
Medicaid
home
and
community-based
services
2
intellectual
disability
waiver.
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
INTELLECTUAL
DISABILITY
WAIVER
ELIGIBILITY
——
DIAGNOSIS.
The
2
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
amend
Medicaid
3
member
eligibility
criteria
for
the
home
and
community-based
4
services
intellectual
disability
waiver
to
authorize,
in
5
addition
to
psychologists
and
psychiatrists,
pediatricians,
6
behavioral
health
providers,
advanced
practice
registered
7
nurses,
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioners,
and
other
8
advanced
practice
providers
to
diagnose
a
person
as
having
9
an
intellectual
disability.
Any
authorized
health
provider
10
shall
have
the
requisite
knowledge,
training,
and
expertise
11
to
diagnose
an
intellectual
disability
and
shall
utilize
an
12
evidence-based
diagnosis
tool
approved
by
the
department.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
relates
to
the
diagnosis
of
an
intellectual
17
disability
for
the
purposes
of
eligibility
for
the
Medicaid
18
home
and
community-based
services
(HCBS)
intellectual
19
disability
waiver.
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
20
and
human
services
(HHS)
to
amend
Medicaid
member
eligibility
21
criteria
for
the
HCBS
intellectual
disability
waiver
to
22
authorize,
in
addition
to
psychologists
and
psychiatrists,
23
pediatricians,
behavioral
health
providers,
advanced
practice
24
registered
nurses,
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioners,
25
and
other
advanced
practice
providers
to
diagnose
a
person
26
as
having
an
intellectual
disability.
The
authorized
health
27
provider
must
have
the
requisite
knowledge,
training,
and
28
expertise
to
diagnose
an
intellectual
disability
and
must
29
utilize
an
evidence-based
diagnosis
tool
approved
by
HHS.
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