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Iowa Code § 249A.30A

Medical assistance — personal needs allowance

Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
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 mental retardation, 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 dollars per month. A resident who has income of less than fifty dollars per month shall receive a supplement from the state in the amount necessary to receive a personal needs allowance of fifty dollars per month, if funding is specifically appropriated for this purpose.
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.
FY 2011-2012 and FY 2012-2013 allocations for monthly personal needs allowance of fifty dollars; 2011 Acts, ch 129, §10, 122, 156
Section not amended; footnote revised
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.
Section amended

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