Human Services Rules: What's New
This page lists proposed Department rule changes on which the Department is currently requesting public comments. Access the text of the rule notice by clicking on the bold ARC number link. The Department will consider comments on these rules submitted by the end of the comment period as noted below. You may submit comments in the following ways:
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Via e-mail to PolicyAnalysis@dhs.state.ia.us.
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Via fax to the Bureau of Policy Coordination at 515-281-4980.
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In writing mailed to the DHS Bureau of Policy Coordination, 5th Floor,
1305 E Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0114. -
At the public hearing, if one is scheduled. (See Public Hearing List.)
| Subject
and Iowa Administrative Bulletin Citation |
Status |
End of Comment Period | Targeted Effective Date |
| Medical support: ARC 0547C (1/9/13) Implements changes to home- and community-based waiver rates | Noticed | 1/29/13 | 6/1/13 |
| Child Care: ARC 0554C (1/9/13) Eliminates restrictions on use of cell phones as a primary phone in a registered child development home. | Noticed | 1/29/13 | 6/1/13 |
| Child Care: ARC 0566C (1/23/13) Implements mandate for national criminal history checks for child development homes and child care homes | Noticed | 2/12/13 | 7/1/13 |
| Medicaid: ARC 0567C (1/23/13) Revises rules due to billing code changes and standardizes definitions | Noticed | 2/12/13 | 7/1/13 |
| Medicaid: ARC 0568C (1/23/13) Updates unit of service changes for waiver services | Noticed | 2/12/13 | 7/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0569C (1/23/12) Clarifies rules regarding reviews and audits | Noticed | 2/12/13 | 7/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0570C (1/23/13) Clarifies rules for when a medical assistance provider will not or cannot provide records to support billed services. | Noticed | 2/12/13 | 7/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0584C (2/6/13) Increases payments to primary care specialties IAW the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act. | Noticed | 2/26/13 | 7/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0590C (2/6/13) Allows nursing facilites to collect additional fees for those who desire a private room | Noticed | 2/26/13 | 7/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0588C (2/6/13) Aligns reimbursement with new billing code definitions. | Noticed | 2/26/13 | 7/1/13 |
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Medical Support: ARC
0589C (2/6/13) Converts billing codes to standard definitions |
Noticed | 2/26/13 | 7/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0667C (4/3/13) ARC 0748C (5/15/13) Implements the integrated health home for Medicaid members with a serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. | Noticed |
4/23/13, 6/4/2013 |
7/1/13 |
| Child Care Assistance: ARC 0670C (4/3/13) Revises the child care assistance fee chart based on new federal poverty levels | Noticed | 4/23/13 | 7/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0690C (4/17/13) Update the average charges for PMICs and MHIs and the maximum Medicaid rates for ICF/IDs which are used to determine the dispostion of the income of a medical assistance income trust (MAIT) | Noticed | 5/7/13 | 7/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0691C (4/17/13) Update rules to decrease statewide average cost of nursing facility services to a private-pay person. | Noticed | 5/7/13 | 7/1/13 |
| Mental Health: ARC 0575C (2/6/13) Establishes rules that define criteria for evaluation of a county's application for exemption from joining a region | Noticed | 2/26/13 | 8/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0615C (2/20/13) Changes the name of the Ill and Handicapped Waiver to the Health and Disability Waiver. | Noticed | 3/12/13 | 8/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0639C (3/6/13) Implements changes to the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program | Noticed | 3/26/13 | 8/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0668C (4/3/13) Decreases premiums for applicants and recipients under the Medicaid for Employed People with Disabilities program | Noticed | 4/23/13 | 8/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0637C (3/6/13) Amends rules regarding IowaCare and Native Americans | Noticed | 3/26/13 | 9/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0638C (3/6/13) Implements notice of premium changes to IowaCare premiums based on federal poverty level. | Noticed | 3/26/13 | 9/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0649C (3/20/13) Clarifies language for Medical equipment and supplies | Noticed | 4/9/13 | 9/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0669C (4/3/13) Implements changes for administrative simplification in accordance with federal regulations dealing with electronic health records | Noticed | 4/23/13 | 9/1/13 |
| Appeals: ARC 0671C (4/3/13) Clarifies definitions for pre-hearing and informal conferences within the appeals process | Noticed | 4/23/13 | 9/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0747C (5/15/13) Reflects programmatic changes affecting teh hawk-i program as required by the Affordable Care Act | Noticed | 6/4/13 | 10/1/13 |
| Medical Support: ARC 0746C (5/15/13) Updates rules for the Iowa Family Planning Network. Public hearings are required. | Noticed | 6/4/13 | 1/1/14 |
These rules are also listed on the Rules Docket with all of the other Department rules now in process. Click here to view these rules as they were published in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin.