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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 586 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 3 clause and inserting the following: 1 4 "Section 1. Section 249A.3, subsection 2, Code 1 5 1999, is amended by adding the following new lettered 1 6 paragraph before paragraph a and renumbering the 1 7 subsequent paragraphs: 1 8 NEW PARAGRAPH. a. As allowed under 42 U.S.C. } 1 9 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII), individuals with 1 10 disabilities, who are less than sixty-five years of 1 11 age, who are members of families whose income is less 1 12 than two hundred fifty percent of the most recently 1 13 revised official poverty line published by the federal 1 14 office of management and budget for the family, who 1 15 have earned income and who are eligible for medical 1 16 assistance or additional medical assistance under this 1 17 section if earnings are disregarded. As allowed by 42 1 18 U.S.C. } 1396a(r)(2), unearned income shall also be 1 19 disregarded in determining whether an individual is 1 20 eligible for assistance under this paragraph. For the 1 21 purposes of determining the amount of an individual's 1 22 resources under this paragraph and as allowed by 42 1 23 U.S.C. } 1396a(r)(2), a maximum of ten thousand 1 24 dollars of available resources shall be disregarded 1 25 and any additional resources held in a retirement 1 26 account, in a medical savings account, or in any other 1 27 account approved under rules adopted by the department 1 28 shall also be disregarded. Individuals eligible for 1 29 assistance under this paragraph, whose individual 1 30 income exceeds one hundred fifty percent of the 1 31 official poverty line published by the federal office 1 32 of management and budget for an individual, shall pay 1 33 a premium. The amount of the premium shall be based 1 34 on a sliding fee schedule adopted by rule of the 1 35 department and shall be based on a percentage of the 1 36 individual's income. The maximum premium payable by 1 37 an individual whose income exceeds one hundred fifty 1 38 percent of the official poverty line shall be 1 39 commensurate with premiums charged for private group 1 40 health insurance in this state. This paragraph shall 1 41 be implemented no later than March 1, 2000." 1 42 #2. Title page, line 1, by striking the words 1 43 "disabled persons" and inserting the following: 1 44 "persons with disabilities". 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 WITT of Black Hawk 1 49 HF 586.302 78 1 50 pf/cf
Text: H01223 Text: H01225 Text: H01200 - H01299 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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