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1 1 Section 1. MEDICAID REDESIGN – REVIEW – REPORT. The
1 2 medical assistance advisory council established pursuant to
1 3 section 249A.4, subsection 8, shall do all of the following:
1 4 1. Identify current federal provisions for the medical
1 5 assistance program including mandatory and optional
1 6 eligibility groups, income and resource standards, covered
1 7 services, and cost-sharing provisions.
1 8 2. Determine the minimum requirements under federal law
1 9 for state compliance under the medical assistance program.
1 10 Following this determination, compare the state's medical
1 11 assistance program with the minimum federal requirements to
1 12 determine the extent to which the provisions of the state's
1 13 medical assistance program exceed the minimum federal
1 14 requirements.
1 15 3. Review potential program changes through which cost
1 16 savings might be realized including but not limited to changes
1 17 in coverage of eligibility groups and services, waivers, and
1 18 cost sharing, and determine the potential impact of these
1 19 changes on medical assistance program recipients.
1 20 4. Submit a written report of recommendations to the
1 21 governor and the general assembly by September 1, 2003, for a
1 22 medical assistance program redesign that results in providing
1 23 access to basic health care services to the majority of low-
1 24 income Iowans in the most cost-effective manner.
1 25 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
1 26 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
1 27 EXPLANATION
1 28 This bill directs the medical assistance advisory council
1 29 to identify current federal provisions for the medical
1 30 assistance program, determine the minimum requirements under
1 31 federal law for state compliance under the medical assistance
1 32 program, and compare the state's current medical assistance
1 33 program with the minimum federal requirements in order to
1 34 determine the extent to which the provisions of the state's
1 35 medical assistance program exceed the minimum requirements.
2 1 The council is directed to then review potential program
2 2 changes through which cost savings might be realized including
2 3 changes in coverage of eligibility groups and services,
2 4 waivers, and cost sharing and determine the potential impact
2 5 of these changes on medical assistance program recipients.
2 6 Following the council's review, the bill directs the council
2 7 to submit a written report of recommendations to the governor
2 8 and the general assembly by September 1, 2003, for a medical
2 9 assistance program redesign that results in providing access
2 10 to basic health care services to the majority of low-income
2 11 Iowans in the most cost-effective manner. The bill takes
2 12 effect upon enactment.
2 13 LSB 1559XS 80
2 14 pf/sh/8
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