House File 490 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ABDUL=SAMAD


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to inmates diagnosed with hepatitis C, including
  2    referral of such inmates for coverage under the medical
  3    assistance program upon release.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2506HH 83
  6 pf/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  904.515A  INMATES DIAGNOSED WITH
  1  2 HEPATITIS C == COUNSELING == DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR
  1  3 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
  1  4    1.  The department shall develop, in cooperation with the
  1  5 department of public health, a protocol to provide counseling
  1  6 to inmates with hepatitis C regarding the management and
  1  7 methods to reduce the transmission of hepatitis C.
  1  8    2.  The department shall develop, in cooperation with the
  1  9 department of human services, a process to determine the
  1 10 eligibility of individuals for medical assistance who have
  1 11 been committed to institutions or facilities under the control
  1 12 of the department of corrections and who have been diagnosed
  1 13 with hepatitis C, prior to release of the individual from the
  1 14 institution or facility.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill directs the department of corrections to develop
  1 17 a protocol, in cooperation with the department of public
  1 18 health, to provide counseling to inmates with hepatitis C
  1 19 regarding management and methods to reduce the transmission of
  1 20 hepatitis C.  The bill also directs the department of
  1 21 corrections to develop, in cooperation with the department of
  1 22 human services, a process to determine the eligibility of an
  1 23 inmate who has been diagnosed with hepatitis C for medical
  1 24 assistance, prior to release of the inmate.
  1 25 LSB 2506HH 83
  1 26 pf/nh/14.1