Text: HF00590 Text: HF00592 Text: HF00500 - HF00599 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 249A.3, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. As allowed under 42 U.S.C. } 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII), 1 4 individuals with disabilities, who are less than sixty-five1 5years of age, who are members of families whose income is less 1 6 than two hundred fifty percent of the most recently revised 1 7 official poverty line published by the federal office of 1 8 management and budget for the family, who have earned income 1 9 and who are eligible for medical assistance or additional 1 10 medical assistance under this section if earnings are 1 11 disregarded. As allowed by 42 U.S.C. } 1396a(r)(2), unearned 1 12 income shall also be disregarded in determining whether an 1 13 individual is eligible for assistance under this paragraph. 1 14 For the purposes of determining the amount of an individual's 1 15 resources under this paragraph and as allowed by 42 U.S.C. } 1 16 1396a(r)(2), a maximum of ten thousand dollars of available 1 17 resources shall be disregarded and any additional resources 1 18 held in a retirement account, in a medical savings account, or 1 19 in any other account approved under rules adopted by the 1 20 department shall also be disregarded. Individuals eligible 1 21 for assistance under this paragraph, whose individual income 1 22 exceeds one hundred fifty percent of the official poverty line 1 23 published by the federal office of management and budget for 1 24 an individual, shall pay a premium. The amount of the premium 1 25 shall be based on a sliding fee schedule adopted by rule of 1 26 the department and shall be based on a percentage of the 1 27 individual's income. The maximum premium payable by an 1 28 individual whose income exceeds one hundred fifty percent of 1 29 the official poverty line shall be commensurate with premiums 1 30 charged for private group health insurance in this state. 1 31 This paragraph shall be implemented no later than March 1, 1 32 2000. 1 33 EXPLANATION 1 34 This bill provides that individuals with disabilities who 1 35 have earned income within certain limitations, and who are of 2 1 any age, are eligible for discretionary medical assistance. 2 2 Currently, eligibility is limited to individuals who are less 2 3 than 65 years of age. 2 4 LSB 1310HV 79 2 5 pf/gg/8
Text: HF00590 Text: HF00592 Text: HF00500 - HF00599 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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