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PAG LIN 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 twelve-month continuous eligibility for medical 1 10 assistance to eligible children under age 19: 1 11 .................................................. $ 7,500,000 1 12 Children who are eligible under the medically needy 1 13 coverage group or who are presumptively eligible for medical 1 14 assistance are not eligible for continuous eligibility under 1 15 this section. 1 16 Sec. 2. Section 12.65, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 17 follows: 1 18 12.65 TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND. 1 19 1. A tobacco settlement fund is created in the office of 1 20 the treasurer of state. After payment of litigation costs, 1 21 the state portion of any moneys paid to the state by tobacco 1 22 companies in settlement of the state's lawsuit for recovery of 1 23 public expenditures associated with tobacco use shall be 1 24 deposited in the tobacco settlement fund. Moneys deposited in 1 25 the fund shall be used only as provided in appropriations from 1 26 the fundto the department of human services for the medical1 27assistance program and to the Iowa department of public health1 28 for health care-related programsto reduce smoking by teenage1 29youth. For purposes of this section, "litigation costs" are 1 30 those costs itemized by the attorney general and submitted to 1 31 and approved by thegeneral assemblyexecutive council. 1 32 2. On June 30, 2001, the balance remaining in the tobacco 1 33 settlement fund shall be transferred to the general fund of 1 34 the state. Beginning July 1, 2001, the tobacco settlement 1 35 fund shall be considered part of the general fund of the 2 1 state. However, the state portion of the moneys received 2 2 shall only be appropriated for health care-related programs. 2 3 Sec. 3. Section 249A.3, Code Supplement 1999, is amended 2 4 by adding the following new subsection: 2 5 NEW SUBSECTION. 4A. The department shall establish 2 6 twelve-month continuous eligibility under the medical 2 7 assistance program for a child under nineteen years of age 2 8 whose eligibility is not based on eligibility under the 2 9 medically needy category or on presumptive eligibility. 2 10 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section in this Act amending 2 11 section 12.65, being deemed of immediate importance, takes 2 12 effect upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to July 2 13 1, 1999. 2 14 EXPLANATION 2 15 This bill relates to the tobacco settlement fund, makes an 2 16 appropriation from the fund to the department of human 2 17 services, and provides conforming provisions relating to the 2 18 expenditure of the funds. 2 19 The bill appropriates $7,500,000 to the department of human 2 20 services to supplement the medical assistance appropriation to 2 21 provide 12-month continuous eligibility to children under 19 2 22 years of age whose eligibility is based on criteria other than 2 23 eligibility under the medically needy program or presumptive 2 24 eligibility. 2 25 The bill also amends codified provisions relating to the 2 26 tobacco settlement fund and to the provisions of the bill. 2 27 The bill amends Code section 12.65, the tobacco settlement 2 28 fund, to provide that moneys deposited in the fund shall be 2 29 used only as provided in appropriations from the fund and for 2 30 health care-related programs. The amendment to the section 2 31 also provides that litigation costs, which are to be paid 2 32 prior to deposit of moneys in the fund, are to be submitted to 2 33 and approved by the executive council, which as provided in 2 34 Code section 7D.1 includes the governor, secretary of state, 2 35 auditor of state, treasurer of state, and the secretary of 3 1 agriculture. The bill also amends Code section 12.65 to 3 2 provide that the balance remaining in the tobacco settlement 3 3 fund shall be transferred to the general fund of the state. 3 4 Additionally, beginning July 1, 2001, the tobacco settlement 3 5 fund is to be considered part of the general fund of the 3 6 state. However, the state portion of the tobacco settlement 3 7 funds are to continue to only be appropriated for health care- 3 8 related programs. Code section 12.65 as amended in the bill 3 9 is effective upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to 3 10 July 1, 1999. 3 11 The bill also makes a conforming change in the Code 3 12 relating to the medical assistance program and continuous 3 13 eligibility relevant to the appropriation portion of the bill. 3 14 LSB 5470XS 78 3 15 pf/as/5
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