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House Amendment 1282

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  1  1    Amend House File 382 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  Section 249A.3, Code 2001, is amended
  1  5 by adding the following new subsection:
  1  6    NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  The department shall
  1  7 establish presumptive eligibility under the medical
  1  8 assistance program for a child who is under nineteen
  1  9 years of age.  A determination of presumptive
  1 10 eligibility shall be made only once in a twelve-month
  1 11 period.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  280.7A  HEALTHY AND WELL
  1 13 KIDS IN IOWA (HAWK-I) INFORMATION.
  1 14    The board of directors of each school district
  1 15 shall require the school district to provide healthy
  1 16 and well kids in Iowa program information and
  1 17 application forms to all students at the time of
  1 18 school registration.  The application forms shall be
  1 19 provided by the healthy and well kids in Iowa program
  1 20 pursuant to section 514I.7, subsection 2, paragraph
  1 21 "h"."
  1 22    #2.  Page 1, by striking lines 5 through 9 and
  1 23 inserting the following:
  1 24    "a.  Develop a program application form not to
  1 25 exceed two pages in length, which is consistent with
  1 26 the rules of the board, which is easy to understand,
  1 27 complete, and concise, and which, to the greatest
  1 28 extent possible, coordinates with the medical
  1 29 assistance program.  The program application form
  1 30 shall provide a space in which the applicant may
  1 31 provide the name and contact information of any person
  1 32 who assisted the applicant in applying for the program
  1 33 and may authorize the administrative contractor to
  1 34 notify the person regarding the outcome of the
  1 35 application with the sole purpose of the notification
  1 36 being that the person will continue to assist the
  1 37 applicant in obtaining and retaining health insurance
  1 38 coverage."
  1 39    #3.  Page 2, by inserting after line 19 the
  1 40 following:
  1 41    "Sec.    .  Section 514I.5, subsection 8, paragraph
  1 42 e, Code 2001, is amended by adding the following new
  1 43 subparagraph:
  1 44    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (15)  (a)  Care coordination.
  1 45 For the purposes of this subparagraph subdivision,
  1 46 "care coordination" means coordinating the provision
  1 47 of services to children and families to assure that
  1 48 the children receive health care services by promoting
  1 49 the coordination of social supports and medical
  1 50 services across organizations and providers.  Care
  2  1 coordination may include but is not limited to
  2  2 educating families about the services provided under
  2  3 the family's health insurance coverage plan; assisting
  2  4 families in selecting providers; assisting families
  2  5 with scheduling of health care appointments,
  2  6 transportation to attend health care appointments, and
  2  7 translation during health care appointments; and
  2  8 assisting families in accessing community support
  2  9 services.
  2 10    (b)  Dental services including the coverage of
  2 11 partial dentures and dentures, with an annual coverage
  2 12 maximum of one thousand five hundred dollars.
  2 13    (c)  Mental health and substance abuse benefits
  2 14 including coverage of Axis I diagnoses as specified in
  2 15 the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental
  2 16 disorders; coverage of the full continuum of treatment
  2 17 services; provision of adequate provider panels; use
  2 18 of admission, discharge, continued stay, and placement
  2 19 criteria specific to children and adolescents; and the
  2 20 use of Iowa juvenile placement criteria for substance
  2 21 abuse services.
  2 22    (d)  Medically necessary nutrition services
  2 23 provided by a licensed dietician based upon a
  2 24 physician referral.
  2 25    (e)  Physical and occupational therapy services."
  2 26    #4.  Page 3, by inserting after line 35 the
  2 27 following:
  2 28    "Sec.    .  Section 514I.8, subsection 2, paragraph
  2 29 c, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  2 30    c.  Is a member of a family whose income does not
  2 31 exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty
  2 32 level, as defined in 42 U.S.C. } 9902(2), including
  2 33 any revision required by such section.  Determination
  2 34 of an applicant's income shall be made on the basis of
  2 35 the applicant's self-declaration of income."
  2 36    #5.  Page 4, by inserting after line 7 the
  2 37 following:
  2 38    "Sec.    .  Section 514I.8, subsection 3, Code
  2 39 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  2 40    3.  In accordance with the rules adopted by the
  2 41 board, a child may shall be determined to be
  2 42 presumptively eligible for the program pending a final
  2 43 eligibility determination.  Following final
  2 44 determination of eligibility by the administrative
  2 45 contractor, a child shall be eligible for a twelve-
  2 46 month period.  At the end of the twelve-month period,
  2 47 the administrative contractor shall conduct a review
  2 48 of the circumstances of the eligible child's family to
  2 49 establish eligibility and cost sharing for the
  2 50 subsequent twelve-month period."
  3  1    #6.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  3  2 
  3  3 
  3  4                               
  3  5 OSTERHAUS of Jackson
  3  6 HF 382.301 79
  3  7 pf/cf

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