Iowa § 231C.5A - 231C.5A Assessment of tenants — program eligibility.
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§ 231C.5A. 231C.5A Assessment of tenants — program eligibility.
An assisted living program receiving reimbursement through the medical assistance program under chapter 249A shall assist the department of veterans affairs in identifying, upon admission of a tenant, the tenant’s eligibility for benefits through the United States department of veterans affairs. The assisted living program shall also assist the commission of veterans affairs in determining such eligibility for tenants residing in the program on July 1, 2009. The department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, in cooperation with the department of health and human services, shall adopt rules to administer this section, including a provision that ensures that if a tenant is eligible for benefits through the United States department of veterans affairs or other third-party payor, the payor of last resort for reimbursement to the assisted living program is the medical assistance program. The rules shall also require the assisted living program to request information from a tenant or tenant’s personal representative regarding the tenant’s veteran status and to report to the department of veterans affairs only the names of tenants identified as potential veterans along with the names of their spouses and any dependents. Information reported by the assisted living program shall be verified by the department of veterans affairs. 2009 Acts, ch 84, §1; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §587, 1930 Thu Dec 11 19:04:52 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 231C.5A (22, 0)
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