Text: HF00459 Text: HF00461 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 514I.5, subsection 7, paragraph d, Code 1 2 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 d. Develop, with the assistance of the department, an 1 4 outreach plan for implementation by the administrative 1 5 contractor, and provide for periodic assessment of the 1 6 effectiveness of the outreach plan. The plan shall provide 1 7 outreach to families of children likely to be eligible for 1 8 assistance under the program or for other health insurance 1 9 coverage or care programs, to inform them of the availability 1 10 of and to assist the families in enrolling children in the 1 11 program. The outreach efforts shall include, but are not 1 12 limited to, a comprehensive statewide media campaign, 1 13 solicitation of cooperation from programs, agencies, and other 1 14 persons who are likely to have contact with eligible children, 1 15 including but not limited to those associated with the 1 16 educational system, and the development of community plans for 1 17 outreach and marketing. The priority in outreach efforts to 1 18 identify eligible children for the HAWK-I program shall be to 1 19 utilize existing data, including but not limited to data which 1 20 identifies children eligible for meals provided with the 1 21 assistance of federal funds pursuant to chapter 283A. The 1 22 outreach plan shall provide for exchange of this existing data 1 23 between the persons responsible for collecting the data in the 1 24 state and the HAWK-I program. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 This bill provides that the priority in outreach efforts in 1 27 identifying eligible children for the healthy and well kids in 1 28 Iowa (HAWK-I) program shall be to utilize existing data. 1 29 Existing data includes but is not limited to data which 1 30 identifies children who are eligible for school meals which 1 31 are provided with the assistance of federal funds. The bill 1 32 provides for the exchange of such data between those in the 1 33 state responsible for collecting the data and the HAWK-I 1 34 program. 1 35 LSB 2574HH 78 2 1 pf/sc/14
Text: HF00459 Text: HF00461 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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