Text: HF02577 Text: HF02579 Text: HF02500 - HF02599 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 Supplement 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-five 1 5 years 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 oftenthirty thousand dollars of 1 17 available resources shall be disregarded and any additional 1 18 resources held in a retirement account, in a medical savings 1 19 account, in an assistive technology account, or in any other 1 20 account approved under rules adopted by the department shall 1 21 also be disregarded.IndividualsAll individuals eligible for 1 22 assistance under this paragraph, whose individual income1 23exceeds one hundred fifty percent of the official poverty line1 24published by the federal office of management and budget for1 25an individual,shall pay a premium. The amount of the premium 1 26 shall be based on a sliding fee schedule adopted by rule of 1 27 the department and shall be based on a percentage of the 1 28 individual's income. The maximum premium payable by an 1 29 individualwhose income exceeds one hundred fifty percent of1 30the official poverty lineshall be commensurate with premiums 1 31 charged for private group health insurance in this state. 1 32This paragraph shall be implemented no later than March 1,1 332000.1 34 EXPLANATION 1 35 This bill increases the resource disregard under the 2 1 medical assistance program for employed persons with 2 2 disabilities from $10,000 to $30,000. The bill also adds to 2 3 retirement accounts and medical savings accounts, assistive 2 4 technology accounts, as additional resources that may be 2 5 disregarded under the program. The bill requires all 2 6 individuals eligible for assistance under the bill to pay a 2 7 premium based on a sliding fee schedule. Existing law 2 8 requires payment of a premium only for individuals whose 2 9 income exceeds 150 percent of the poverty line. 2 10 LSB 5721HV 79 2 11 pf/sh/8
Text: HF02577 Text: HF02579 Text: HF02500 - HF02599 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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