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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 249A.3A APPLICANT INFORMATION
1 2 REQUIRED – PUBLISHING OF INFORMATION.
1 3 1. An applicant for the medical assistance program shall
1 4 disclose the identity of the employer of the proposed
1 5 beneficiary of health care benefits. If the proposed
1 6 beneficiary is not employed, the applicant shall identify the
1 7 employer of any adult who is responsible for providing support
1 8 to the proposed beneficiary.
1 9 2. On or before January 15, annually, the department of
1 10 human services shall submit a report to the governor and the
1 11 general assembly, identifying all employers identified
1 12 pursuant to subsection 1. The report shall include the name
1 13 of the employer, the location of the employer, and the total
1 14 number of the employer's employees and dependents of employees
1 15 who are enrolled in the medical assistance program. In
1 16 compiling the report, the department shall combine the
1 17 information collected pursuant to section 514I.12 with the
1 18 information collected pursuant to this section. No other
1 19 information regarding program beneficiaries shall be included
1 20 in the report. The report shall also be made available to the
1 21 public.
1 22 3. For the purposes of this section, "proposed
1 23 beneficiary" means an individual who files an application for
1 24 medical assistance for the individual or the person on whose
1 25 behalf the individual files an application, including but not
1 26 limited to a child or other dependent of the applicant or
1 27 other individual for whom the application is filed.
1 28 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 514I.12 APPLICANT INFORMATION
1 29 REQUIRED – PUBLISHING OF INFORMATION.
1 30 1. An applicant for the hawk-i program shall disclose the
1 31 identity of the employer of the proposed beneficiary of health
1 32 care benefits. If the proposed beneficiary is not employed,
1 33 the applicant shall identify the employer of any adult who is
1 34 responsible for providing support to the proposed beneficiary.
1 35 2. On or before January 15, annually, the department of
2 1 human services shall submit a report to the governor and the
2 2 general assembly, identifying all employers identified
2 3 pursuant to subsection 1. The report shall include the name
2 4 of the employer, the location of the employer, and the total
2 5 number of the employer's employees and dependents of employees
2 6 who are enrolled in the hawk-i program. In compiling the
2 7 report, the department shall combine the information collected
2 8 pursuant to section 249A.3A with the information collected
2 9 pursuant to this section. No other information regarding
2 10 program beneficiaries shall be included in the report. The
2 11 report shall also be made available to the public.
2 12 3. For the purposes of this section, "proposed
2 13 beneficiary" means an individual who files an application for
2 14 participation in the hawk-i program for the individual or the
2 15 person on whose behalf the individual files an application,
2 16 including but not limited to a child or other dependent of the
2 17 applicant or other individual for whom the application is
2 18 filed.
2 19 EXPLANATION
2 20 This bill requires that an applicant for the medical
2 21 assistance program or the hawk-i program disclose the identity
2 22 of the employer of the proposed beneficiary of health care
2 23 benefits. If the proposed beneficiary is not employed, the
2 24 applicant is required to identify the employer of any adult
2 25 who is responsible for providing support to the proposed
2 26 beneficiary.
2 27 The bill directs the department of human services to submit
2 28 a report, on or before January 15, annually, to the governor
2 29 and the general assembly, identifying all employers
2 30 identified, and including the name of the employer, the
2 31 location of the employer, and the total number of the
2 32 employer's employees and dependents of employees who are
2 33 enrolled in the medical assistance or hawk-i program. No
2 34 other information regarding program beneficiaries is to be
2 35 included in the report and the report is to also be made
3 1 available to the public.
3 2 The bill defines "proposed beneficiary" as an individual
3 3 who files an application for participation in the medical
3 4 assistance or hawk-i program for the individual or the person
3 5 on whose behalf the individual files an application, including
3 6 but not limited to a child or other dependent of the applicant
3 7 or other individual for whom the application is filed.
3 8 LSB 5859XS 80
3 9 pf/pj/5
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