SF 2346 (LSB 5783SV (2) 88)

SENATE FILE 2346

BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2256)

(As Amended and Passed by the Senate 2020-02-27)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to a pilot program to allow Medicaid members to participate in direct primary care agreements. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  DIRECT PRIMARY CARE AGREEMENTS —— MEDICAID MEMBERS —— PILOT PROGRAM.  The department of human services shall develop and oversee a pilot program beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2022, to allow Medicaid members in specified categories to receive primary care health services, as defined in section 135N.1, through a direct primary care arrangement, with the Iowa Medicaid enterprise acting as the third-party payor for such services utilizing state-only funds. The eligible Medicaid member categories shall include childless adults and pregnant women.