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House File 617       

                            AN ACT
RELATING TO INCLUSION OF ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES UNDER THE
   MEDICAL ASSISTANCE HOME AND COMMUNITY=BASED SERVICES WAIVER
   FOR THE ELDERLY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  HOME AND COMMUNITY=BASED SERVICES WAIVER FOR
THE ELDERLY == INCLUSION OF ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES.
   1.  The department of human services shall request a waiver
from the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the
United States department of health and human services to add
assisted living services to the home and community=based
services waiver for the elderly under the medical assistance
program.
   2.  If the department of human services receives approval
of the waiver, the department, in consultation with assisted
living services providers, shall submit a plan for
implementation to the general assembly.  However, the waiver
shall not be implemented prior to specific action by the
general assembly to implement the waiver.


                                                            
                              CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
                              Speaker of the House


                                                            
                              JOHN P. KIBBIE
                              President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 617, Eighty=first General Assembly.


                                                            
                              MARGARET THOMSON
                              Chief Clerk of the House
Approved                , 2005


                           
THOMAS J. VILSACK
Governor