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1 1 SENATE FILE 211
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
1 5 UNDER THE OPTIONAL SERVICES COVERAGE CATEGORY OF MEDICAL
1 6 ASSISTANCE.
1 7
1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 9
1 10 Section 1. Section 249A.3, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
1 11 amended by adding the following new lettered paragraph before
1 12 paragraph a and renumbering the subsequent paragraphs:
1 13 NEW PARAGRAPH. a. As allowed under 42 U.S.C. }
1 14 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII), individuals with disabilities, who
1 15 are less than sixty-five years of age, who are members of
1 16 families whose income is less than two hundred fifty percent
1 17 of the most recently revised official poverty line published
1 18 by the federal office of management and budget for the family,
1 19 who have earned income and who are eligible for medical
1 20 assistance or additional medical assistance under this section
1 21 if earnings are disregarded. As allowed by 42 U.S.C. }
1 22 1396a(r)(2), unearned income shall also be disregarded in
1 23 determining whether an individual is eligible for assistance
1 24 under this paragraph. For the purposes of determining the
1 25 amount of an individual's resources under this paragraph and
1 26 as allowed by 42 U.S.C. } 1396a(r)(2), a maximum of ten
1 27 thousand dollars of available resources shall be disregarded
1 28 and any additional resources held in a retirement account, in
1 29 a medical savings account, or in any other account approved
1 30 under rules adopted by the department shall also be
1 31 disregarded. Individuals eligible for assistance under this
1 32 paragraph, whose individual income exceeds one hundred fifty
1 33 percent of the official poverty line published by the federal
1 34 office of management and budget for an individual, shall pay a
1 35 premium. The amount of the premium shall be based on a
2 1 sliding fee schedule adopted by rule of the department and
2 2 shall be based on a percentage of the individual's income.
2 3 The maximum premium payable by an individual whose income
2 4 exceeds one hundred fifty percent of the official poverty line
2 5 shall be commensurate with premiums charged for private group
2 6 health insurance in this state. This paragraph shall be
2 7 implemented no later than March 1, 2000.
2 8
2 9
2 10
2 11 MARY E. KRAMER
2 12 President of the Senate
2 13
2 14
2 15
2 16 RON J. CORBETT
2 17 Speaker of the House
2 18
2 19 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
2 20 is known as Senate File 211, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
2 21
2 22
2 23
2 24 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
2 25 Secretary of the Senate
2 26 Approved , 1999
2 27
2 28
2 29
2 30 THOMAS J. VILSACK
2 31 Governor
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