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Senate File 2135

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Bill Introduced: S.J. 244
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  1  1    Section 1.  TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND – APPROPRIATION TO THE
  1  2 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.  There is appropriated from the
  1  3 tobacco settlement fund created in section 12.65 to the
  1  4 department of human services for the fiscal year beginning
  1  5 July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, the following amount,
  1  6 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
  1  7 designated:
  1  8    To supplement the medical assistance appropriation to
  1  9 provide for presumptive determinations of eligibility under
  1 10 the medical assistance program for children under age 19:  
  1 11 .................................................. $ 1,200,000
  1 12    A presumptive eligibility determination may be made only
  1 13 once in a twelve-month period.
  1 14    Sec. 2.  Section 12.65, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  1 15 follows:
  1 16    12.65  TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND.
  1 17    1.  A tobacco settlement fund is created in the office of
  1 18 the treasurer of state.  After payment of litigation costs,
  1 19 the state portion of any moneys paid to the state by tobacco
  1 20 companies in settlement of the state's lawsuit for recovery of
  1 21 public expenditures associated with tobacco use shall be
  1 22 deposited in the tobacco settlement fund.  Moneys deposited in
  1 23 the fund shall be used only as provided in appropriations from
  1 24 the fund to the department of human services for the medical
  1 25 assistance program and to the Iowa department of public health
  1 26 for health care-related programs to reduce smoking by teenage
  1 27 youth.  For purposes of this section, "litigation costs" are
  1 28 those costs itemized by the attorney general and submitted to
  1 29 and approved by the general assembly executive council.
  1 30    2.  On June 30, 2001, the balance remaining in the tobacco
  1 31 settlement fund shall be transferred to the general fund of
  1 32 the state.  Beginning July 1, 2001, the tobacco settlement
  1 33 fund shall be considered part of the general fund of the
  1 34 state.  However, the state portion of the moneys received
  1 35 shall only be appropriated for health care-related programs.
  2  1    Sec. 3.  Section 249A.3, Code Supplement 1999, is amended
  2  2 by adding the following new subsection:
  2  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  The department shall establish
  2  4 presumptive eligibility under the medical assistance program
  2  5 for a child who is under nineteen years of age.  A
  2  6 determination of presumptive eligibility may be made only once
  2  7 in a twelve-month period.
  2  8    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The section in this Act amending
  2  9 section 12.65, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
  2 10 effect upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to July
  2 11 1, 1999.  
  2 12                           EXPLANATION
  2 13    This bill relates to the tobacco settlement fund, makes an
  2 14 appropriation from the fund to the department of human
  2 15 services, and provides conforming provisions relating to the
  2 16 expenditure of the funds.
  2 17    The bill appropriates $1,200,000 to the department of human
  2 18 services to supplement the medical assistance appropriation to
  2 19 provide presumptive eligibility for medical assistance to
  2 20 children under 19 years of age and to make the presumptive
  2 21 eligibility determination only once in a 12-month period.
  2 22    The bill also amends codified provisions relating to the
  2 23 tobacco settlement fund and to the provisions of the bill.
  2 24 The bill amends Code section 12.65, the tobacco settlement
  2 25 fund, to provide that moneys deposited in the fund shall be
  2 26 used only as provided in appropriations from the fund and for
  2 27 health care-related programs.  The amendment to the section
  2 28 also provides that litigation costs, which are to be paid
  2 29 prior to deposit of moneys in the fund, are to be submitted to
  2 30 and approved by the executive council, which as provided in
  2 31 Code section 7D.1 includes the governor, secretary of state,
  2 32 auditor of state, treasurer of state, and the secretary of
  2 33 agriculture.  The bill also amends Code section 12.65 to
  2 34 provide that the balance remaining in the tobacco settlement
  2 35 fund shall be transferred to the general fund of the state.
  3  1 Additionally, beginning July 1, 2001, the tobacco settlement
  3  2 fund is to be considered part of the general fund of the
  3  3 state.  However, the state portion of the tobacco settlement
  3  4 funds are to continue to only be appropriated for health care-
  3  5 related programs.  Code section 12.65 as amended in the bill
  3  6 is effective upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to
  3  7 July 1, 1999.
  3  8    The bill also makes conforming changes in the Code relating
  3  9 to the medical assistance program relevant to the presumptive
  3 10 eligibility provision in the appropriations portion of the
  3 11 bill.  
  3 12 LSB 5468XS 78
  3 13 pf/as/5

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