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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 249A.3, Code 2001, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsections: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 4A. The department shall establish 1 4 presumptive eligibility under the medical assistance program 1 5 for a child who is under nineteen years of age. A 1 6 determination of presumptive eligibility may be made only once 1 7 in a twelve-month period. 1 8 NEW SUBSECTION. 4B. The department shall establish 1 9 twelve-month continuous eligibility under the medical 1 10 assistance program for a child under nineteen years of age 1 11 whose eligibility is not based on eligibility under the 1 12 medically needy category or on presumptive eligibility. 1 13 EXPLANATION 1 14 This bill directs the department of human services to 1 15 provide for presumptive eligibility under the medical 1 16 assistance (Medicaid) program for children under 19 years of 1 17 age. The presumptive eligibility determination is to be made 1 18 only once in a 12-month period. Additionally, the bill 1 19 directs the department of human services to provide for 12- 1 20 month continuous eligibility under the medical assistance 1 21 (Medicaid) program if the child's eligibility is not based on 1 22 the medically needy program category or on presumptive 1 23 eligibility. 1 24 LSB 1152YH 79 1 25 pf/pj/5
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