House File 2094      



                                    HOUSE FILE       
                                    BY  SCHULTE

                                         A BILL FOR

     1 An Act relating to the level of care evaluations required under
     2    the medical assistance program home and community=based
     3    services waiver for persons with intellectual disabilities.
     4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  LEVEL OF CARE EVALUATION.  The department of
  1  2 human services shall amend the medical assistance program
  1  3 home and community=based services waiver for persons with
  1  4 intellectual disabilities so that required evaluations
  1  5 performed subsequent to the initial diagnosis of mental
  1  6 retardation are for the purpose of determining the appropriate
  1  7 level of care rather than confirming the original diagnosis.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill requires the department of human services to
  1 10 amend the medical assistance program home and community=based
  1 11 services waiver for persons with intellectual disabilities
  1 12 so that evaluations made subsequent to the initial diagnosis
  1 13 of mental retardation are for the purpose of determining the
  1 14 appropriate level of care rather than confirming the original
  1 15 diagnosis.
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