Bill Text: IA SF379 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to reimbursement rates for Medicaid long-term services and supports providers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-23 - Subcommittee: Costello, Johnson, and Mathis. S.J. 445. [SF379 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF379-Introduced.html
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379
BY
MATHIS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
reimbursement
rates
for
Medicaid
long-term
1
services
and
supports
providers.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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379
Section
1.
MEDICAID
LONG-TERM
SERVICES
AND
SUPPORTS
1
PROVIDERS
——
REIMBURSEMENT
RATE
REVIEW.
The
department
of
2
human
services
shall
conduct
a
reimbursement
rate
review
to
3
evaluate
the
reimbursement
rates
of
long-term
services
and
4
supports
providers,
including
but
not
limited
to
consumer
5
choices
option,
consumer-directed
attendant
care,
and
home
6
care
providers,
to
determine
rate
adjustments
that
provide
7
the
living
wage
necessary
for
these
providers
to
live
without
8
reliance
on
public
supports,
access
to
care
at
the
level
of
9
services
and
supports
required
by
each
individual
Medicaid
10
member
to
live
and
thrive
in
the
member’s
home
and
community,
11
and
an
annual
cost-of-living
adjustment.
The
department
shall
12
report
findings
and
recommendations
from
the
rate
review
and
13
include
a
corresponding
budget
request
to
the
governor
and
the
14
general
assembly
by
November
1,
2021.
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
requires
the
department
of
human
services
19
(DHS)
to
conduct
a
reimbursement
rate
review
to
evaluate
20
the
reimbursement
rates
of
long-term
services
and
supports
21
providers
to
determine
rate
adjustments
that
provide
the
22
living
wage
necessary
for
providers
to
live
without
reliance
23
on
public
supports,
access
to
care
at
the
level
of
services
24
and
supports
required
by
each
individual
Medicaid
member
to
25
live
and
thrive
in
the
member’s
home
and
community,
and
an
26
annual
cost-of-living
adjustment.
The
department
shall
report
27
findings
and
recommendations
from
the
rate
review
and
include
a
28
corresponding
budget
request
to
the
governor
and
the
general
29
assembly
by
November
1,
2021.
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