Iowa HSB739 establishes rules for transition planning and assisted living services under the Medicaid elderly waiver program.

Iowa HSB739 mandates the Department of Health and Human Services to create rules for the Medicaid home and community-based services elderly waiver program. These rules include defining "assisted living service" as personal care and supportive services for elderly waiver participants in a homelike setting, with 24-hour on-site response capability. The bill also requires the department to adopt rules allowing case managers and care coordination team members to work with skilled nursing facility residents, their families, and facility staff to initiate transition planning before discharge.

Iowa HSB739 establishes rules for transition planning and assisted living services under the Medicaid elderly waiver program.

Iowa HSB739 mandates the Department of Health and Human Services to create rules for the Medicaid home and community-based services elderly waiver program. These rules include defining "assisted living service" as personal care and supportive services for elderly waiver participants in a homelike setting, with 24-hour on-site response capability. The bill also requires the department to adopt rules allowing case managers and care coordination team members to work with skilled nursing facility residents, their families, and facility staff to initiate transition planning before discharge.