Senate
File
111
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
111
BY
FEENSTRA
,
BEHN
,
HAHN
,
and
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
eligibility
under
the
healthy
and
well
kids
1
in
Iowa
program,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
514I.1,
subsection
5,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
514I.4,
subsection
5,
paragraph
b,
Code
3
2011,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
4
Sec.
3.
Section
514I.5,
subsection
8,
paragraph
h,
Code
5
2011,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
6
Sec.
4.
Section
514I.7,
subsection
2,
paragraph
l,
Code
7
2011,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
8
Sec.
5.
Section
514I.8,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
Code
9
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10
c.
Is
a
member
of
a
family
whose
income
does
not
exceed
11
three
one
hundred
fifty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level,
12
as
defined
in
42
U.S.C.
§
9902(2),
including
any
revision
13
required
by
such
section,
and
in
accordance
with
the
federal
14
Children’s
Health
Insurance
Program
Reauthorization
Act
of
15
2009,
Pub.
L.
No.
111-3.
16
Sec.
6.
Section
514I.8,
subsection
3,
Code
2011,
is
amended
17
to
read
as
follows:
18
3.
In
accordance
with
the
rules
adopted
by
the
board,
19
a
child
may
be
determined
to
be
presumptively
eligible
for
20
the
program
pending
a
final
eligibility
determination.
21
Following
final
determination
of
eligibility
by
the
22
administrative
contractor,
a
child
shall
be
eligible
for
a
23
twelve-month
period.
At
the
end
of
the
twelve-month
period,
24
the
administrative
contractor
shall
conduct
a
review
of
the
25
circumstances
of
the
eligible
child’s
family
to
establish
26
eligibility
and
cost
sharing
for
the
subsequent
twelve-month
27
period.
28
Sec.
7.
Section
514I.10,
subsections
2
and
3,
Code
2011,
are
29
amended
by
striking
the
subsections.
30
Sec.
8.
DIRECTIVE
TO
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES.
The
31
department
of
human
services
shall
amend
the
children’s
32
health
insurance
program
state
plan
to
provide
for
coverage
of
33
children
whose
family
income
does
not
exceed
one
hundred
fifty
34
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
beginning
July
1,
2011.
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Sec.
9.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
The
following
provision
1
of
this
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
2
upon
enactment:
3
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
directing
the
department
of
human
4
services
to
amend
the
children’s
health
insurance
program
state
5
plan.
6
EXPLANATION
7
This
bill
amends
provisions
relating
to
the
healthy
and
8
well
kids
in
Iowa
program
to
reduce
income
eligibility
for
the
9
program
from
300
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
to
not
10
more
than
150
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level.
The
bill
11
directs
the
department
of
human
services
(DHS)
to
amend
the
12
children’s
health
insurance
program
state
plan
to
provide
for
13
coverage
of
children
whose
family
income
does
not
exceed
150
14
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
beginning
July
1,
2011.
15
The
provision
directing
DHS
to
amend
the
children’s
health
16
insurance
program
state
plan
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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