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This docket lists all rule changes currently in process for the Department of Human Services, from the time notice of proposed rule making is submitted to the Governor's Office through the month when the rule change takes effect. The rule changes are sorted by their targeted effective date.
You can access the text of the rule change by clicking on the ARC number link. Most rule changes will have two ARC numbers assigned because they are published twice: once as a Notice of Intended Action and again when the rule is Adopted and Filed.
You may comment on a noticed rule until the date specified in the notice. See What's New for a list of rules currently posted for comment and instructions on submitting comments. See Public Comments for summaries of comments received on recently proposed rules and the Department's responses.
The Administrative Rules Review Committee normally considers rules in the month after they are published in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin. (The date listed with the ARC number is the publication date.) Click here to access the Committee's agenda in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin .
You may inspect the rule-making record, which contains all written submissions on the rule, the fiscal impact statement, any regulatory analysis or concise statement prepared, and any objections to the rule, at the DHS Bureau of Policy Analysis and Appeals, 5th Floor, 1305 E. Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
Subject and |
Status |
Date of |
Targeted |
| Medical support: ARC 8094B (9/9/09), ARC 7717B (4/22/09) Update rules on state mental health institutions | Implemented | 8/12/09 | 11/1/09 |
| Medical support: ARC 8097B (9/9/09), ARC 7816B (6/3/09) Update Medicaid covered nonprescription drug list | Implemented | 8/12/09 | 11/1/09 |
| Social services: ARC 8098B (9/9/09), ARC 7815B (6/3/09) Require visual inspections and repairs for lead paint in child development homes | Implemented | 8/12/09 | 11/1/09 |
| Social services: ARC 8319B (12/2/09) Establish procedures for State Payment Program waiting list | Implemented | 10/30/08 | 11/1/09 |
| Financial support: ARC 8340B (12/2/09) Rescind Individual Development Account rules | Adopted | 11/10/09 | 11/10/09 |
| Social services: ARC 8341B (12/2/09) Update E-mail address for notice of county of settlement dispute | Adopted | 11/10/09 | 11/10/09 |
| Medical support: ARC 8205B (10/7/09), ARC 7827B (6/3/09) Change coverage and reimbursement for ambulatory surgical center services | Adopted | 9/16/09 | 11/11/09 |
| Medical support: ARC 8206B (10/7/09), ARC 7938B (7/1/09) Establish a Medicaid fee-for-service rate for translation and interpretation services | Adopted, Implemented | 9/16/09 | 11/11/09 |
| Financial support: ARC 8346B (12/2/09) Lower PROMISE JOBS mileage reimbursement | Adopted | 11/10/09 | 12/1/09 |
| Medical support: ARC 8344B (12/2/09) Reduce Medicaid payment rates for Executive Order 19 | Adopted | 11/10/09 | 12/1/09 |
| Medical support: ARC 8207B (10/7/09) Change ICF/MR inflation factor for SFY 2010 and make technical updates | Adopted | 9/16/09 | 12/1/09 |
| Financial support: ARC 8204B (10/7/09), ARC 8006B (7/29/09) Issue FIP benefits on electronic access cards | Adopted | 9/16/09 | 12/9/09 |
| Financial support: ARC 8259B (11/4/09), ARC 8064B (8/26/09) Eliminate FIP diversion program |
Adopted
|
10/14/09 | 12/9/09 |
| Medical support: ARC 8262B (11/4/09), ARC 8084B (8/26/09) Clarify time documentation for CPT billing codes |
Adopted
|
10/14/09 | 12/9/09 |
| Medical support: ARC 8263B (11/4/09), ARC 8059B (8/26/09) Update description of Medical Assistance Advisory Council procedures |
Adopted
|
10/14/09 | 12/9/09 |
| Medical support: ARC 8246B (10/21/09) Change nursing facility performance measures and payment provisions | Noticed | 12/10/09 | |
| Medical support: ARC 8281B (11/18/09), ARC 8128B (9/9/09) Establish 1-month waiting period for hawk-i eligibility when an upper income family has dropped insurance in month of application | Adopted | 10/19/09 | 12/23/09 |
| Medical support: ARC 8258B (11/4/09), ARC 8086B (8/26/09) Implement nursing facility quality assurance assessment and adjust reimbursement methodology |
Adopted
|
10/14/09 | 1/1/10 |
| Medical support: ARC 8260B (11/4/09), ARC 8056B (8/26/09) Increase resource limits for Medicare savings programs and initiate applications automatically |
Adopted
|
10/14/09 | 1/1/10 |
| Medical support: ARC 8280B (11/18/09), ARC 8110B (9/9/09) Require social security number and proof of citizenship for hawk-i eligibility | Adopted | 10/19/09 | 1/1/10 |
| Medical support: ARC 8343B (12/2/09), ARC 8113B (9/9/09) Limit expenses considered for estate recovery | Adopted | 11/10/09 | 1/6/10 |
| Medical support: ARC 8311B (11/18/09) Allow HIPP payments via electronic benefits transfer; clarify eligibility through adoption assistance; update form numbers | Noticed | 1/15/10 | |
| Financial support: ARC 8274B (11/4/09) Allow grace period for reinstatement of Child Care Assistance; clarify policy on application, effective date of assistance, protective care, and adverse actions | Noticed | 2/1/10 | |
| Financial and medical support: ARC 8272B (11/4/09) Allow grace period for reinstatement of FIP, FA and Medicaid; exempt costs of producing unearned income; allow telephone interview on FIP applications and make interview optional on reviews | Noticed | 2/1/10 | |
| Medical support: ARC 8208B (10/7/09) Change ICF/MR inflation factor for SFY 2010 and make technical updates | Noticed, Adopted | 2/3/10 | |
| Medical support: ARC 8083B (8/26/09) Implement presumptive Medicaid eligibility for children | Noticed | 3/1/10 | |
| Medical support: ARC 8220B (10/7/09) Clarify asset disregard under long-term care partnership program | Noticed | 3/1/10 | |
| Medical support: ARC 8221B (10/7/09) Exempt some VA pension income for client participation; clarify deductions for trust and medical expenses; clarify transfers of assets via annuity or life estate; exempt transfers to disabled child | Noticed | 3/1/10 | |
| Medical support: ARC 8112B (9/9/09) Implement hawk-i supplemental dental-only program | Noticed | 3/1/10 | |
| Medical support: ARC 8279B (11/18/09) Allow reinstatement grace period for hawk-i | Noticed | 3/1/10 | |
| Social services: ARC 8209B (10/7/09) Extend retention of rejected child abuse and CINA intake records | Noticed | 3/1/10 | |
| Social services: ARC 8320B (12/2/09) Establish procedures for State Payment Program waiting list | Noticed, Implemented | 3/17/10 | |
| Medical support: ARC 8247B (10/21/09) Require formal standardized assessment for remedial services for children | Noticed | 3/22/10 | |
| Medical support: ARC 8256B (11/4/09) Require form for verification of insurance and clarify IowaCare citizenship requirements | Noticed | 4/1/10 | |
| Social services: ARC 8118B (9/9/09) Implement licensing fees for child care centers, require fingerprinting for national record checks, set fee for DHS record checks & minimum age for volunteers, require protocol on biting | Noticed | 4/1/10 | |
| Social services: ARC 8183B (9/23/09) End guardianship subsidy waiver and start new subsidy program | Noticed | 4/1/10 | |
| Medical support: ARC 8345B (12/2/09) Reduce Medicaid payment rates for Executive Order 19 | Noticed, Adopted | 4/14/10 | |
| Financial support: ARC 8347B (12/2/09) Lower PROMISE JOBS mileage reimbursement | Noticed, Adopted | 4/14/10 |
Click here to view these rules as they were published in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin.