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PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 211 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
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1 47
1 48 MAGGIE TINSMAN
1 49 SF 211.301 78
1 50 pf/cf
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