Signed by Governor Kim Reynolds

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases Medicaid beneficiaries' monthly personal needs allowance which is money that can be used by residents at care facilities for items like cell phone service, clothing, snacks or cable TV from $50 to $55 each month in Iowa.

Highlights:

• Appropriates the following amounts from the general fund to the Department of Health and Human Services (Sec. 1-25):

• $19,208,180 for aging and disability services;

• $24,442,121 for behavioral health;

• $22,433,369 for public health;

• $68,542,456 for community access and eligibility;

• $15,644,114 for child support services;

• $158,980,383 for temporary assistance for needy families block grants;

• $1,903,550,706 for the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, and healthy and well kids in Iowa program;

• $39,672,433 for health program operations;

• $111,216,205 for the quality assurance trust fund;

• $33,920,554 for the hospital health care access trust fund;

• $34,983,000 for state child care assistance;

• $35,301,904 for early intervention and supports;

• $165,558,031 for child protective services;

• $102,343,507 for state-operated specialty care; and

• $21,904,214 for accountability, compliance, and program integrity.

• Prohibits money from the general fund from being used by the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse individuals for any sex reassignment surgeries or treatments (Sec. 14).

• Increases the personal needs allowance for individuals in nursing facilities, care facilities for intellectual disabilities, and care facilities for mental illness, from $50 per month to $55 per month (Sec. 19).

• Reduces the minimum amount of funds from the sales of beer and liquor that transfers to the behavioral health fund from two million to one million dollars (Sec. 35).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases Medicaid beneficiaries' monthly personal needs allowance which is money that can be used by residents at care facilities for items like cell phone service, clothing, snacks or cable TV from $50 to $55 each month in Iowa.

Highlights:

• Appropriates the following amounts from the general fund to the Department of Health and Human Services (Sec. 1-25):

• $19,208,180 for aging and disability services;

• $24,442,121 for behavioral health;

• $22,433,369 for public health;

• $68,542,456 for community access and eligibility;

• $15,644,114 for child support services;

• $158,980,383 for temporary assistance for needy families block grants;

• $1,903,550,706 for the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, and healthy and well kids in Iowa program;

• $39,672,433 for health program operations;

• $111,216,205 for the quality assurance trust fund;

• $33,920,554 for the hospital health care access trust fund;

• $34,983,000 for state child care assistance;

• $35,301,904 for early intervention and supports;

• $165,558,031 for child protective services;

• $102,343,507 for state-operated specialty care; and

• $21,904,214 for accountability, compliance, and program integrity.

• Prohibits money from the general fund from being used by the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse individuals for any sex reassignment surgeries or treatments (Sec. 14).

• Increases the personal needs allowance for individuals in nursing facilities, care facilities for intellectual disabilities, and care facilities for mental illness, from $50 per month to $55 per month (Sec. 19).

• Reduces the minimum amount of funds from the sales of beer and liquor that transfers to the behavioral health fund from two million to one million dollars (Sec. 35).

Full Bill Text