Senate Amendment 5168


PAG LIN

     1  1    Amend Senate File 2356 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  By striking page 1, line 1, through page 7, line
     1  3 14, and inserting:
     1  4                           <DIVISION I
     1  5     PREMIUM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND IOWACARE PROGRAM CHANGES
     1  6    Section 1.  PREMIUM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM == STUDY  ==
     1  7     REPORT.  The legislative council is requested
     1  8 to establish an interim study committee to evaluate
     1  9 options for establishing a premium assistance program
     1 10 to provide health care coverage to individuals
     1 11 nineteen through sixty=four years of age who have
     1 12 family incomes above two hundred percent but not
     1 13 in excess of three hundred percent of the federal
     1 14 poverty level. The committee shall be comprised of
     1 15 members representing the interests of Iowa insurers,
     1 16 independent insurance agents, large and small
     1 17 employers, health care providers, and consumers.  In
     1 18 addition, the commissioner of insurance, director of
     1 19 human services, and director of public health, or a
     1 20 designee of each, shall act as ex officio, nonvoting
     1 21 members of the committee.  The committee shall submit a
     1 22 report, including its findings and recommendations, to
     1 23 the general assembly by December 15, 2010.>
     1 24 #2.  Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking <creating
     1 25 an IowaCare plus program and> and inserting <providing
     1 26 for options for health care coverage including a
     1 27 premium assistance program study and IowaCare program
     1 28 changes and creating>


                                        
          THOMAS RIELLY
          SF2356.1658 (7) 83
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