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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 or emergency rule is filed with the Governor's Office through the month when the rule change takes effect. The rule changes are sorted by their targeted effective date and the program area affected.
To access the text of a rule change, click on the ARC number link. The date in parentheses is the date the rule publication. 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.
Subject and |
Status |
Date of |
Targeted |
| Administration: ARC 9892B (11/30/11), ARC 9731B (9/7/11) Adjust nursing facility quality assurance assessment requirements | Implemented | 11/9/11 | 2/1/12 |
| Medical support: ARC 9958B (1/11/12), ARC 9707B (9/7/11) increase reimbursement rates for home- and community-based waiver services | Adopted, Implemented | 12/14/11 | 2/15/12 |
| Medical support: ARC 9959B (1/11/12), ARC 9721B (9/1/11) Reduce physician payment for services provided in a facility setting | Adopted, Implemented | 12/14/11 |
2/15/12
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| Medical support: ARC 9960B (1/11/12), ARC 9723B (9/7/11) Add a copayment for emergency room care and reduce or eliminate payment for nonemergency services | Adopted, Implemented | 12/14/11 |
2/15/12
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| Medical support: ARC 9981B (2/8/12), ARC 9835B (11/2/11) Cover all antismoking drug products | Adopted, Implemented | 1/11/12 | 3/14/12 |
| Medical support: ARC 9982B (2/8/12), ARC 9842B (11/16/11), ARC 9895B (11/30/11) Restrict use of the IowaCare premium agreement and change hardship procedure | Adopted | 1/11/12 | 4/1/12 |
| Medical support: ARC 0029C (3/7/12), ARC 9709B (9/7/11) increase pharmacy dispensing fee | Adopted | 2/8/12 | 4/11/12 |
| Medical support: ARC 0028C ((3/7/12), ARC 9711B (9/7/11) Increase reimbursement rates for PMICs | Adopted | 2/8/12 | 4/11/12 |
| Social services: ARC 0030C (3/7/12), ARC 9898B (12/14/11) Allow parent to work in a fitness or recreation center while child receives care | Adopted |
2/8/12
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5/1/12 |
| Financial support: ARC 9964B (1/11/12) Implement annual adjustments to State Supplementary Assistance income limits and payments | Noticed, Implemented | 5/9/12 | |
| Medical support: ARC 9940B (12/28/11) Conditions for payment for VFC-covered vaccines | Noticed | 6/1/12 |
Click here to view these rules as they were published in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin. 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 and minutes.
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 Coordination, Hoover Building 5th Floor, 1305 E. Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa.