House Amendment 8002


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 249, as passed by the Senate, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, line 1, by inserting after the word
     1  4 <Code> the following:  <Supplement>.
     1  5 #2.  Page 2, by inserting after line 22, the
     1  6 following:
     1  7    <c.  An assignment under this subsection is in
     1  8 addition to an assignment of medical support payments
     1  9 under any other law, including section 252E.11.>
     1 10 #3.  By striking page 5, line 3, through page 6,
     1 11 line 14, and inserting the following:
     1 12    <Sec.    .  Section 249J.8, subsection 1, Code
     1 13 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1 14    1.  Each expansion population member whose family
     1 15 income exceeds one hundred percent of the federal
     1 16 poverty level as defined by the most recently revised
     1 17 poverty income guidelines published by the United
     1 18 States department of health and human services shall
     1 19 pay a monthly premium not to exceed one=twelfth of
     1 20 five percent of the member's annual family income.
     1 21 Each expansion population member whose family income
     1 22 is equal to or less than one hundred percent of the
     1 23 federal poverty level as defined by the most recently
     1 24 revised poverty income guidelines published by the
     1 25 United States department of health and human services
     1 26 shall not be subject to payment of a monthly premium.
     1 27 All premiums shall be paid on the last day of the
     1 28 month of coverage.  The department shall deduct the
     1 29 amount of any monthly premiums paid by an expansion
     1 30 population member for benefits under the healthy and
     1 31 well kids in Iowa program when computing the amount of
     1 32 monthly premiums owed under this subsection.  An
     1 33 expansion population member shall pay the monthly
     1 34 premium during the entire period of the member's
     1 35 enrollment.  Regardless of the length of enrollment,
     1 36 the member is subject to payment of the premium for a
     1 37 minimum of four consecutive months.  However, an
     1 38 expansion population member who complies with the
     1 39 requirement of payment of the premium for a minimum of
     1 40 four consecutive months during a consecutive
     1 41 twelve=month period of enrollment shall be deemed to
     1 42 have complied with this requirement for the subsequent
     1 43 consecutive twelve=month period of enrollment and
     1 44 shall only be subject to payment of the monthly
     1 45 premium on a month=by=month basis.  Timely payment of
     1 46 premiums, including any arrearages accrued from prior
     1 47 enrollment, is a condition of receiving any expansion
     1 48 population services.  The payment to and acceptance by
     1 49 an automated case management system or the department
     1 50 of the premium required under this subsection shall
     2  1 not automatically confer initial or continuing program
     2  2 eligibility on an individual.  A premium paid to and
     2  3 accepted by the department's premium payment process
     2  4 that is subsequently determined to be untimely or to
     2  5 have been paid on behalf of an individual ineligible
     2  6 for the program shall be refunded to the remitter in
     2  7 accordance with rules adopted by the department.
     2  8 Premiums collected under this subsection shall be
     2  9 deposited in the premiums subaccount of the account
     2 10 for health care transformation created pursuant to
     2 11 section 249J.23.  An expansion population member shall
     2 12 also pay the same copayments required of other adult
     2 13 recipients of medical assistance.>
     2 14 #4.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2 18 COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
     2 19 SMITH of Marshall, CHAIRPERSON
     2 20 SF 249.501 82
     2 21 pf/nh/10239

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