Bill Text: IA HF573 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the minimum per hour wage provided to home health aides under the Medicaid program, and making an appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-17 - Introduced, referred to Labor. H.J. 446. [HF573 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF573-Introduced.html
House
File
573
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
573
BY
BROWN-POWERS
,
WOLFE
,
STAED
,
WINCKLER
,
KRESSIG
,
EHLERT
,
WILBURN
,
HANSEN
,
HUNTER
,
JAMES
,
and
MASCHER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
minimum
per
hour
wage
provided
to
home
1
health
aides
under
the
Medicaid
program,
and
making
an
2
appropriation.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
MEDICAID
PROGRAM
——
HOME
HEALTH
AIDES
——
MINIMUM
1
HOURLY
WAGE.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
2
and
ending
June
30,
2022,
the
department
of
human
services
3
shall
continue
to
base
home
health
agency
reimbursement
rates
4
on
the
Medicare
low
utilization
payment
adjustment
(LUPA)
5
methodology
with
state
geographic
wage
adjustments,
but
shall
6
adjust
the
labor
portion
and
the
adjusted
wage
rate
of
the
7
LUPA
methodology
to
provide
a
minimum
per
hour
wage
of
fifteen
8
dollars
and
twenty
cents
to
home
health
aides.
9
Sec.
2.
MEDICAID
PROGRAM
——
HOME
HEALTH
AIDES
MINIMUM
HOURLY
10
WAGE
——
APPROPRIATION.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
11
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
human
services
for
the
12
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
and
ending
June
30,
2022,
a
13
sufficient
amount
to
provide
reimbursement
under
the
Medicaid
14
program
to
home
health
aides
providing
home
health
program
15
services
and
home
and
community-based
services
waiver
services
16
at
a
minimum
per
hour
wage
of
fifteen
dollars
and
twenty
cents
17
as
provided
in
this
Act.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
provides
that
for
FY
2021-2022,
the
department
22
of
human
services
(DHS)
shall
continue
to
reimburse
home
23
health
agencies
utilizing
the
Medicare
low
utilization
payment
24
adjustment
(LUPA)
methodology
with
state
geographic
wage
25
adjustments,
but
shall
adjust
the
labor
and
adjusted
wage
rate
26
portions
of
the
LUPA
methodology
to
provide
a
minimum
per
hour
27
wage
of
$15.20
to
home
health
aides.
28
The
bill
also
appropriates
a
sufficient
amount
from
the
29
general
fund
of
the
state
to
DHS
for
FY
2021-2022
to
provide
30
the
minimum
hourly
rate
to
home
health
aides
under
the
Medicaid
31
program
as
specified
in
the
bill.
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