Text: HF02258 Text: HF02260 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 514I.5, subsection 8, paragraph m, Code 1 2 Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 m. The reasons allowed for approval of an application in 1 4 cases in which prior employer-sponsored coverage ended less 1 5 than six months prior to the determination of eligibility for 1 6 the HAWK-I program. The reasons established by rule shall 1 7 include, but are not limited to, all of the following: 1 8 (1) Loss or change of employmentdue to factors other than1 9voluntary termination. 1 10(2) Death of a parent.1 11(3) Change in employment to a new employer that does not1 12provide an option for dependent coverage.1 13(4)(2) Change of address so thatnoemployer-sponsored 1 14 coverage is not available. 1 15(5)(3) Discontinuation of health benefits to all 1 16 employees of the applicant's employer. 1 17(6)(4) Expiration of the coverage periods established by 1 18 the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1 19 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-272, as amended. 1 20(7)(5) Self-employment. 1 21(8) Termination of health benefits due to a long-term1 22disability.1 23(9)(6) Termination of dependent coverage due to an 1 24 extreme economic hardship on the part ofeitherthe employee 1 25or the employer, as determined by rule. 1 26(10) Substantial reduction in either lifetime medical1 27benefits or benefit category available to an employee and1 28dependents under an employer's health care plan.1 29 (7) Loss of employer-sponsored coverage, while employed by 1 30 the current employer, due to factors which are involuntary on 1 31 the part of the employee. 1 32 If the board determines that the allowance of the six-month 1 33 period from the time of dropping coverage to be eligible for 1 34 participation in the HAWK-I program is insufficient to 1 35 effectively deter applicants or employers of applicants from 2 1 discontinuing employer-sponsored dependent care coverage for 2 2 the purpose of participation in the HAWK-I program, the board 2 3 may adopt rules to extend the time period to a period not to 2 4 exceed twelve months. 2 5 EXPLANATION 2 6 This bill amends the listing of reasons, to be established 2 7 by rule, allowed for approval of an application for 2 8 participation in the healthy and well kids in Iowa program 2 9 under circumstances in which the applicant's employer- 2 10 sponsored coverage ended less than six months prior to the 2 11 determination of eligibility for the program. 2 12 The bill eliminates the current reasons of death of a 2 13 parent, change in employment to a new employer that does not 2 14 provide the option of dependent care coverage, termination of 2 15 health benefits due to a long-term disability, termination of 2 16 dependent coverage due to an extreme economic hardship on the 2 17 part of the employer, and substantial reduction in either 2 18 lifetime medical benefits or benefit category available to an 2 19 employee and dependents under an employer's health care plan. 2 20 The bill provides that the criteria are to include loss or 2 21 change of employment; and loss of employer-sponsored coverage, 2 22 while employed by the current employer, due to factors which 2 23 are involuntary on the part of the employee. 2 24 LSB 5624HH 78 2 25 pf/as/5.1
Text: HF02258 Text: HF02260 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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