Bill Text: IA SF2081 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to exception to policy provisions for Medicaid home and community-based services waivers. (See SF 2227.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - Subcommittee, Jochum, Boettger, and Ragan. S.J. 170. [SF2081 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF2081-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2081
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2081
BY
HATCH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
exception
to
policy
provisions
for
Medicaid
1
home
and
community-based
services
waivers.
2
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
——
EXCEPTION
TO
POLICY
PROVISIONS.
The
department
2
of
human
services
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
3
specifying
that
an
individual
who
is
a
recipient
of
home
and
4
community-based
services
waiver
services
based
on
an
exception
5
to
policy
shall
continue
to
be
eligible
for
and
receive
the
6
services
granted
through
the
exception
to
policy
request
7
beyond
the
period
specified
in
the
exception
to
policy,
if,
8
at
the
time
of
review
of
the
exception
to
policy
and
in
lieu
9
of
submitting
a
new
request,
the
individual’s
primary
health
10
care
provider
submits
a
confirmation
to
the
department
of
human
11
services
stating
that
there
is
little
or
no
probability
that
12
the
individual’s
status
upon
which
the
existing
exception
to
13
policy
was
granted
will
significantly
change
in
the
period
14
until
the
next
review.
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
directs
the
department
of
human
services
to
adopt
19
rules
specifying
that
an
individual
who
is
a
recipient
of
20
home
and
community-based
services
waiver
services
based
on
21
an
exception
to
policy
shall
continue
to
be
eligible
for
and
22
receive
the
services
granted
through
the
exception
to
policy
23
request
beyond
the
period
specified
in
the
exception
to
policy,
24
if,
at
the
time
of
review
of
the
exception
to
policy
and
in
lieu
25
of
submitting
a
new
request,
the
individual’s
primary
health
26
care
provider
submits
a
confirmation
to
the
department
of
human
27
services
stating
that
there
is
little
or
no
probability
that
28
the
individual’s
status
upon
which
the
existing
exception
to
29
policy
was
granted
will
significantly
change
in
the
period
30
until
the
next
review.
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