Bill Text: IA SF454 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to administrative operations space cost limitations applicable to a Medicaid managed care organization.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Subcommittee: Costello, Bolkcom, and Johnson. S.J. 469. [SF454 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF454-Introduced.html
Senate
File
454
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
454
BY
CELSI
,
DOTZLER
,
J.
SMITH
,
BISIGNANO
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
LYKAM
,
JOCHUM
,
BOLKCOM
,
and
BOULTON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
administrative
operations
space
cost
1
limitations
applicable
to
a
Medicaid
managed
care
2
organization.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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S.F.
454
Section
1.
MEDICAID
MANAGED
CARE
ORGANIZATION
——
1
ADMINISTRATIVE
OPERATIONS
SPACE
——
COST
LIMITATIONS.
The
2
department
of
human
services
shall
contractually
require
that
3
a
Medicaid
managed
care
organization
limit
the
costs
for
4
the
leasing
of
administrative
operations
space
in
the
state
5
to
a
reasonable
amount.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
6
“reasonable
amount”
means
an
amount
that
is
no
more
than
fifty
7
percent
of
the
highest
rate
for
rental
of
commercial
office
8
space
per
square
foot
in
the
state.
A
Medicaid
managed
care
9
organization
shall
submit
a
copy
of
any
lease
agreement
for
10
administrative
operations
space
in
the
state
to
the
department
11
of
human
services
to
ensure
compliance,
and
the
department
12
shall
make
such
agreement
available
to
the
public
as
part
of
13
the
Medicaid
managed
care
annual
report.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
human
services
(DHS)
to
18
contractually
require
that
a
Medicaid
managed
care
organization
19
(MCO)
limit
the
costs
for
the
leasing
of
administrative
20
operations
space
in
the
state
to
a
reasonable
amount.
The
bill
21
defines
“reasonable
amount”
as
an
amount
that
is
no
more
than
22
50
percent
of
the
highest
rate
for
rental
of
commercial
office
23
space
per
square
foot
in
the
state.
The
bill
also
requires
24
an
MCO
to
submit
a
copy
of
any
lease
agreement
for
rental
of
25
administrative
operations
space
in
the
state
to
DHS
to
ensure
26
compliance
and
requires
DHS
to
make
the
agreement
available
to
27
the
public
as
part
of
the
Medicaid
managed
care
annual
report.
28
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