Iowa § 249.9A Personal needs allowance

Iowa Statutes

§ 249.9A — Personal needs allowance

Iowa § 249.9A

Title VIHUMAN SERVICES

Ch. 249STATE SUPPLEMENTARY ASSISTANCE

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Iowa Code § 249.9A (2026).

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1.The department shall increase the personal needs allowance for residents of residential care facilities by the same percentage and at the same time as federal supplemental security income and federal social security benefits are increased due to a recognized increase in the cost of living.

2.If during a fiscal year, the department projects that state supplementary assistance expenditures for a calendar year will not meet the federal pass-through requirement specified in Tit. XVI of the federal Social Security Act, section 1618, as codified in 42 U.S.C. §1382g, the department may take actions including but not limited to increasing the personal needs allowance for residential care facility residents and making programmatic adjustments or upward adjustments of the residential care facili

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1. The department shall increase the personal needs allowance for residents of residential
care facilities by the same percentage and at the same time as federal supplemental security
income and federal social security benefits are increased due to a recognized increase in the
cost of living.
2. If during a fiscal year, the department projects that state supplementary assistance
expenditures for a calendar year will not meet the federal pass-through requirement
specified in Tit. XVI of the federal Social Security Act, section 1618, as codified in 42
U.S.C. §1382g, the department may take actions including but not limited to increasing the
personal needs allowance for residential care facility residents and making programmatic
adjustments or upward adjustments of the residential care facility or in-home health-related
care reimbursement rates to ensure compliance with federal requirements. In addition, the
department may make other programmatic and rate adjustments necessary to remain within
thefundsappropriatedforafiscalyearwhileensuringcompliancewithfederalrequirements.
3. The department may adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 3, and
section17A.5,subsection2,paragraph“b”,toimplementtheprovisionsofthissectionandthe
rulesshallbeeffectiveimmediatelyuponfilingunlessalaterdateisspecifiedintherules. Any
rules adopted in accordance with this section shall also be published as a notice of intended
action as provided in section 17A.4.