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BY
MILLER-MEEKS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
provision
of
Medicaid
coverage
to
1
pregnant
women
lawfully
residing
in
the
United
States.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
MEDICAID
COVERAGE
——
PREGNANT
WOMEN
LAWFULLY
1
RESIDING
IN
THE
UNITED
STATES.
2
1.
Beginning
July
1,
2019,
coverage
shall
be
provided
under
3
the
Medicaid
program
to
pregnant
women
lawfully
residing
in
the
4
United
States
in
accordance
with
42
U.S.C.
§1396b(v)(4).
The
5
department
of
human
services
shall
submit
a
Medicaid
state
plan
6
amendment
to
the
centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services
of
7
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
human
services
for
8
approval
to
elect
the
option
to
provide
such
Medicaid
coverage.
9
2.
The
department
shall
collect,
annually,
in
collaboration
10
with
the
department
of
public
health
and
in
compliance
with
the
11
federal
Health
Insurance
Portability
and
Accountability
Act
of
12
1996,
Pub.
L.
No.
104-191,
the
following
information
relative
13
to
Medicaid
coverage
provided
to
pregnant
woman
under
this
14
section:
15
a.
The
number
of
women
who
are
eligible.
16
b.
The
number
of
participating
women
who
have
healthy
birth
17
outcomes.
18
c.
The
number
of
participating
women
who
utilized
healthy
19
habit
opportunities
including
quitting
smoking,
taking
prenatal
20
vitamins,
and
having
regular
checkups.
21
d.
The
number
of
babies
born
preterm
or
prematurely.
22
e.
The
number
of
babies
born
vaginally
and
by
23
cesarean-section.
24
f.
The
number
of
babies
born
who
required
care
in
the
25
newborn
intensive
care
unit.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
requires
that
coverage
under
the
Medicaid
program
30
be
provided
beginning
July
1,
2019,
to
pregnant
women
lawfully
31
residing
in
the
United
States
in
accordance
with
federal
law.
32
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
human
services
(DHS)
to
33
submit
a
Medicaid
state
plan
amendment
to
the
centers
for
34
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
department
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of
health
and
human
services
for
approval
to
elect
the
option
1
to
provide
such
Medicaid
coverage.
The
bill
requires
DHS,
2
in
collaboration
with
the
department
of
public
health
and
in
3
compliance
with
the
federal
Health
Insurance
Portability
and
4
Accountability
Act,
to
collect
specified
information
relative
5
to
the
coverage
provided
to
pregnant
women
under
the
bill
on
an
6
annual
basis.
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