HF 504: Relating to prohibitions against a person acting as a provider or as an employee, contractor, or subcontractor of a provider of home and community-based services waiver services under the Medicaid program

What it does

This bill relates to home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver providers, employees, and contractors relative to the results of criminal and child or dependent adult abuse (abuse) records checks. Under current law, if a person who is being considered for employment by an HCBS provider, and the employment involves direct responsibility for a consumer of waiver services or with access to the consumer when the consumer is alone, and if the person has been convicted of a crime or has a record of founded abuse, the department of health and human services (HHS) shall perform an evaluation to determine whether the crime or founded abuse warrants prohibition of the employment of the person by the provider.

House subcommittee · named February 28, 2023

• Rep. Derek Wulf (R) · derek.wulf@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Austin Harris (R) · austin.harris@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Amy Nielsen (D) · amy.nielsen@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: AARP Iowa; Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council

In plain words

1. February 28, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee
2. February 28, 2023House subcommittee named: Wulf, Harris and Nielsen
3. March 2, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it
4. March 2, 2023Approved by the House committee
5. March 6, 2023Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 633