Bill Text: IA SF316 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the provision of supported community living services to a member under Medicaid home and community-based services waivers in the home of the member’s family, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (See SF 478.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-01 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [SF316 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF316-Introduced.html
Senate File 316 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY KINNEY A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the provision of supported community living 2 services to a member under Medicaid home and community=based 3 services waivers in the home of the member's family, and 4 including effective date and retroactive applicability 5 provisions. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2426XS (4) 87 pf/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. MEDICAID HOME AND COMMUNITY=BASED SERVICES 1 2 WAIVERS == SUPPORTED COMMUNITY LIVING SERVICES IN HOME OF 1 3 FAMILY MEMBER == REIMBURSEMENT. 1 4 1. Effective March 1, 2017, the department of human services 1 5 shall make supported community living services available at a 1 6 daily rate to members living in the home of a family member. 1 7 For the purposes of this section, "family member" includes a 1 8 person related to the member by consanguinity or affinity, 1 9 including but not limited to a sibling of the member or a 1 10 parent of an adult member. 1 11 2. A family member in whose home the member lives and who 1 12 is providing supported community living services under an 1 13 exception to policy on the effective date of this Act shall 1 14 be allowed to continue to provide the services and to be 1 15 reimbursed at the daily rate in effect on the effective date 1 16 of this Act. 1 17 3. The department shall amend any Medicaid managed care 1 18 contract and shall seek any federal approval necessary to amend 1 19 home and community=based services waivers to comply with this 1 20 section, effective March 1, 2017. 1 21 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 1 22 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 23 Sec. 3. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 1 24 retroactively to March 1, 2017. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 27 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 28 This bill directs the department of human services (DHS), 1 29 effective March 1, 2017, to make available under Medicaid 1 30 home and community=based services waivers the provision of 1 31 and a daily rate reimbursement for supported community living 1 32 services in the home of a family member. The bill defines 1 33 "family member" to include a person related to the member by 1 34 consanguinity or affinity, including but not limited to a 1 35 sibling of the member or a parent of an adult member. 2 1 The bill also provides that a family member in whose home 2 2 the member lives and who is providing supported community 2 3 living services under an exception to policy on the effective 2 4 date of the bill shall be allowed to continue to provide the 2 5 services and to be reimbursed at the daily rate in effect on 2 6 the effective date of the bill. 2 7 DHS shall amend any Medicaid managed care contract and shall 2 8 seek any federal approval necessary to amend existing Medicaid 2 9 home and community=based services waivers to comply with the 2 10 bill effective March 1, 2017. 2 11 The bill takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively 2 12 applicable to March 1, 2017. LSB 2426XS (4) 87 pf/nh
