House File 2521 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 2521
BY CAHILL
A BILL FOR
1 An Act increasing the personal needs allowance of veterans
2 in the Iowa veterans home, and including effective date
3 provisions.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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 H.F. 2521
1 Section 1. MEMBERS OF IOWA VETERANS HOME —— PERSONAL NEEDS
2 ALLOWANCE. The department of veterans affairs shall adopt
3 rules to increase the amount exempted from the monthly income
4 of a member of the Iowa veterans home as the member’s personal
5 needs allowance by $10.
6 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
7 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
8 EXPLANATION
9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
11 Under administrative rules adopted by the Iowa department of
12 veterans affairs for the Iowa veterans home (801 IAC 10.19), a
13 veteran living in the Iowa veterans home has $140 exempted as a
14 personal needs allowance from the veteran’s monthly income used
15 to calculate member support. This bill requires the department
16 to adopt rules increasing the personal needs allowance by $10.
17 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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