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For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1.“Available monthly income” means in reference to a medical assistance income trust
beneficiary, any income received directly by the beneficiary, not from the trust, that counts as
incomeindeterminingeligibilityformedicalassistanceandanyamountspaidtoorotherwise
made available to the beneficiary by the trustee pursuant to section 633C.3, subsection 1,
paragraph “b”, or section 633C.3, subsection 2, paragraph “b”.
2.“Beneficiary” means the original beneficiary of a medical assistance special needs trust
or medical assistance income trust, whose assets funded the trust.
3.“Department” means the department of health and human services.
4.“Institutionalized individual” means an individual receiving nursing facility servic
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For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Available monthly income” means in reference to a medical assistance income trust
beneficiary, any income received directly by the beneficiary, not from the trust, that counts as
incomeindeterminingeligibilityformedicalassistanceandanyamountspaidtoorotherwise
made available to the beneficiary by the trustee pursuant to section 633C.3, subsection 1,
paragraph “b”, or section 633C.3, subsection 2, paragraph “b”.
2. “Beneficiary” means the original beneficiary of a medical assistance special needs trust
or medical assistance income trust, whose assets funded the trust.
3. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
4. “Institutionalized individual” means an individual receiving nursing facility services,
a level of care in any institution equivalent to nursing facility services, or home and
community-based services under the medical assistance home and community-based
services waiver program.
5. “Maximum monthly medical assistance payment rate for services in an intermediate
care facility for persons with an intellectual disability” means the allowable rate established
by the department and as published in the Iowa administrative bulletin.
6. “Medical assistance” means medical assistance as defined in section 249A.2.
7. “Medical assistance income trust” means a trust or similar legal instrument or device
that meets the criteria of 42 U.S.C. §1396p(d)(4)(B)(i)-(ii).
8. “Medical assistance special needs trust” means a trust or similar legal instrument or
device that meets the criteria of 42 U.S.C. §1396p(d)(4)(A) or (C).
9. “Statewide average charge for nursing facility services” means the statewide average
charge for such care, excluding charges by Medicare-certified, skilled nursing facilities, as
calculated by the department and as published in the Iowa administrative bulletin.
10. “Statewide average charge for state mental health institute care” means the statewide
average charge for such care as calculated by the department and as published in the Iowa
administrative bulletin.
11. “Statewide average charge to private-pay patients for psychiatric medical institutions
for children care” means the statewide average charge for such care as calculated by the
department and as published in the Iowa administrative bulletin.
12. “Total monthly income” means in reference to a medical assistance income trust
beneficiary, income received directly by the beneficiary, not from the trust, that counts as
income in determining eligibility for medical assistance, income of the beneficiary received
by the trust that would otherwise count as income in determining the beneficiary’s eligibility
for medical assistance, and income or earnings of the trust received by the trust.