249H.5 - ALLOCATIONS -- SENIOR LIVING TRUST FUND.
249H.5 ALLOCATIONS -- SENIOR LIVING TRUST FUND.
1. Moneys deposited in the senior living trust fund created in
section 249H.4 shall be used only as provided in appropriations from
the trust fund to the department of human services and the department
on aging, and for purposes, including the awarding of grants, as
specified in this chapter.
2. Moneys in the trust fund are allocated, subject to their
appropriation by the general assembly, as follows:
a. To the department of human services, a maximum of eighty
million dollars for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2000, and
ending on or before June 30, 2005, to be used for the conversion of
existing nursing facility space and development of long-term care
alternatives.
b. To the department on aging, an amount necessary, annually,
for expenses incurred in implementation and administration of the
long-term care alternatives programs and for delivery of long-term
care services to seniors with low or moderate incomes.
c. To the department of human services, an amount necessary,
annually, for all of the following:
(1) Expenses incurred in implementation of the senior living
program.
(2) Expenses incurred in administration of medical assistance
home and community-based services waivers and the PACE program due to
implementation of the senior living trust fund.
(3) Expenses incurred due to increased service delivery provided
under medical assistance home and community-based services waivers as
a result of nursing facility conversions and long-term care service
development, for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2000, and ending
on or before June 30, 2005.
(4) Expenses incurred in program administration related to
implementation of nursing facility case mix reimbursement under the
medical assistance program.
d. To the department of human services, an amount necessary
to provide funding for nursing facility provider reimbursements,
using the percentile-based reimbursement system, and to provide
funding for the transition to a case-mix reimbursement system.
Funding shall be provided under this section for the percentile-based
reimbursement system until such time as the case-mix reimbursement
system is fully implemented.
e. To the department of human services an amount necessary,
annually, for additional expenses incurred relative to implementation
of the senior living program in assisting home and community-based
services waiver consumers with rent expenses pursuant to the state
supplementary assistance program.
3. Any funds remaining after disbursement of moneys under
subsection 2 shall be invested with the interest earned to be
available in subsequent fiscal years for the purposes provided in
subsection 2, paragraph "b", and subsection 2, paragraph "c",
subparagraphs (1) and (2). Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1004, §5, 22; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §50, 51; 2009
Acts, ch 23, §57, 58