Senate
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SENATE
FILE
2
BY
SINCLAIR
,
ANDERSON
,
BEHN
,
BERTRAND
,
BREITBACH
,
BROWN
,
CHAPMAN
,
CHELGREN
,
COSTELLO
,
DAWSON
,
DIX
,
EDLER
,
FEENSTRA
,
GARRETT
,
GREENE
,
GUTH
,
C.
JOHNSON
,
KAPUCIAN
,
KRAAYENBRINK
,
LOFGREN
,
ROZENBOOM
,
SCHNEIDER
,
SCHULTZ
,
SEGEBART
,
SHIPLEY
,
SMITH
,
WHITVER
,
ZAUN
,
and
ZUMBACH
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
February
7,
2017
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
establishment
of
a
state
family
planning
1
services
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.
NEW
SECTION
.
217.41B
State
family
planning
1
services
program
——
establishment
——
discontinuation
of
Medicaid
2
family
planning
network
waiver.
3
1.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
discontinue
the
4
Medicaid
family
planning
network
waiver
effective
July
1,
2017,
5
and
shall
instead
establish
a
state
family
planning
services
6
program.
The
state
program
shall
replicate
the
eligibility
7
requirements
and
other
provisions
included
in
the
Medicaid
8
family
planning
network
waiver
as
approved
by
the
centers
for
9
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
department
10
of
health
and
human
services
in
effect
on
June
30,
2017,
but
11
shall
provide
for
distribution
of
the
family
planning
services
12
program
funds
in
accordance
with
this
section.
13
2.
Distribution
of
family
planning
services
program
funds
14
shall
be
made
to
eligible
applicants
in
the
following
order
of
15
priority:
16
a.
Public
entities
that
provide
family
planning
services
17
including
state,
county,
or
local
community
health
clinics
and
18
federally
qualified
health
centers.
19
b.
Nonpublic
entities
that,
in
addition
to
family
planning
20
services,
provide
required
primary
health
services
as
described
21
in
42
U.S.C.
§254b(b)(1)(A).
22
c.
Nonpublic
entities
that
provide
family
planning
23
services
but
do
not
provide
required
primary
health
services
as
24
described
in
42
U.S.C.
§254b(b)(1)(A).
25
3.
Distribution
of
family
planning
services
program
funds
26
under
this
section
shall
be
made
in
a
manner
that
continues
27
access
to
family
planning
services.
28
4.
Distribution
of
family
planning
services
program
funds
29
shall
not
be
made
to
any
entity
that
performs
abortions
or
that
30
maintains
or
operates
a
facility
where
abortions
are
performed.
31
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“abortion”
does
not
include
32
any
of
the
following:
33
a.
The
treatment
of
a
woman
for
a
physical
disorder,
34
physical
injury,
or
physical
illness,
including
a
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life-endangering
physical
condition
caused
by
or
arising
from
1
the
pregnancy
itself,
that
would,
as
certified
by
a
physician,
2
place
the
woman
in
danger
of
death.
3
b.
The
treatment
of
a
woman
for
a
spontaneous
abortion,
4
commonly
known
as
a
miscarriage,
when
not
all
of
the
products
5
of
human
conception
are
expelled.
6
5.
Family
planning
services
program
funds
distributed
in
7
accordance
with
this
section
shall
not
be
used
for
direct
or
8
indirect
costs,
including
but
not
limited
to
administrative
9
costs
or
expenses,
overhead,
employee
salaries,
rent,
and
10
telephone
and
other
utility
costs,
related
to
providing
11
abortions
as
specified
in
subsection
4.
12
6.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
submit
a
report
to
13
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly,
annually
by
January
1,
14
listing
any
entities
that
received
funds
pursuant
to
subsection
15
2,
paragraph
“
c
”,
and
the
amount
and
type
of
funds
received
by
16
such
entities
during
the
preceding
calendar
year.
The
report
17
shall
provide
a
detailed
explanation
of
how
the
department
18
determined
that
distribution
of
family
planning
services
19
program
funds
to
such
an
entity,
instead
of
to
an
entity
20
described
in
subsection
2,
paragraph
“
a
”
or
“
b
”,
was
necessary
21
to
prevent
severe
limitation
or
elimination
of
access
to
family
22
planning
services
in
the
region
of
the
state
where
the
entity
23
is
located.
24
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
25
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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