A person desiring obstetrical and newborn care, the cost of which is payable from the obstetrical and newborn patient care fund, or the parent or guardian of a minor desiring or in need of such care, may apply to the director of a maternal health center, operated by the Iowa department of public health, to have the cost of such care paid from the fund. In counties not served by such a center, the department shall contract with another agency, institution or organization to receive and process applications for care. The director of the center shall first ascertain from the local office of the department of human services if the applicant would be eligible for medical assistance or for assistance under the medically needy program without any spend-down requirement, pursuant to chapter 249A. If the applicant is eligible for assistance pursuant to chapter 249A, or if the applicant is eligible for maternal and child health care services covered by a maternal and child health program, the obstetrical patient care program shall not provide such assistance, care, or covered services provided under other programs. The Iowa department of public health, with the department of human services, shall jointly develop a standardized application form and shall coordinate the determination of eligibility for medical assistance and the obstetrical patient care program. In counties in which the maternal and child health clinic processes the application, the clinic shall notify the county relief office of the application process.
87 Acts, ch 233, §440
Referred to in § 255A.10
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