Iowa § 249A.30A - 249A.30A Medical assistance — personal needs allowance.
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§ 249A.30A. 249A.30A Medical assistance — personal needs allowance.
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. 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. 2006 Acts, ch 1113, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §44; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §41; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §107; 2024 Acts, ch 1157, §43; 2025 Acts, ch 169, §19 Section amended Thu Dec 11 19:13:56 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 249A.30A (32, 1)
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Section 249A.30A ("249A.30A Medical assistance — personal needs allowance.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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