§ 249A.30A — Medical assistance — personal needs allowance

Iowa § 249A.30A

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 249A: MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

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1. The personal needs allowance under the medical assistance program, which may be
retained by a person who is a resident of a nursing facility, an intermediate care facility for
persons with an intellectual disability, or an intermediate care facility for persons with mental
illness, as defined in section 135C.1, or a person who is a resident of a psychiatric medical
institution for children as defined in section 135H.1, shall be fifty-five dollars per month.
2. A resident who has income of less than fifty-five dollars per month shall receive a
supplement from the state in the amount necessary to receive a personal needs allowance
of fifty-five dollars per month. The general assembly shall annually appropriate a sufficient
amount from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services
for this purpose.