The Iowa department of public health, in collaboration with the department of human services and in consultation with the Iowa state association of counties, shall adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 17A, establishing minimum standards for eligibility for obstetrical and newborn care, including physician examination, medical testing, ambulance services, and inpatient transportation costs, for indigent obstetrical and newborn care provided by the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics and by other licensed hospitals and physicians. The minimum standards for eligibility shall provide eligibility for persons with incomes at or below one hundred eighty-five percent of the annual revision of the poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services, and shall provide, but shall not be limited to providing, eligibility for uninsured and underinsured persons financially unable to pay for necessary obstetrical and newborn care and orthopedic care. The minimum standards may include a spend-down provision. The resource standards shall be set at or above the resource standards under the federal supplemental security income program. The resource exclusions allowed under the federal supplemental security income program shall be allowed and shall include resources necessary for self-employment.
87 Acts, ch 233, §439; 91 Acts, ch 122, §1
Referred to in § 249A.4, 255.16, 255A.4
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