House File 490 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY ABDUL=SAMAD Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays 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 PAG LIN 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