Senate File 313 H-1675 Amend Senate File 313, as passed by the Senate, as 1 follows: 2 1. Page 3, after line 5 by inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 249A.3, Code 2011, is amended by 4 adding the following new subsection: 5 NEW SUBSECTION . 15. In determining eligibility 6 of an applicant for medical assistance and in 7 order to ensure program integrity and compliance 8 with federal law and regulations while minimizing 9 unnecessary barriers to enrollment, the department 10 shall require verification of residency in the state. 11 The department shall establish or continue cooperative 12 arrangements with the United States social security 13 administration, the secretary of state, the department 14 of revenue, the department of workforce development, 15 and any other appropriate entity to gain electronic 16 access, to the extent allowed by law, to information 17 available to those entities that may be appropriate 18 for electronically verifying an applicant’s residency. 19 The information provided shall be provided for no 20 other purpose than to verify residency and the data 21 requested shall be requested and provided only to 22 the extent necessary to determine an applicant’s 23 residency. A recipient of medical assistance shall be 24 subject to verification of residency upon renewal of 25 eligibility. This subsection shall not be implemented 26 if the department determines that such implementation 27 would violate federal maintenance of effort or federal 28 financial participation requirements. 29 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 249A.8A Civil penalty —— 30 residency requirement. 31 In addition to any other penalties applicable, an 32 applicant for medical assistance under this chapter who 33 knowingly makes or causes to be made a false statement 34 or a misrepresentation of a material fact or knowingly 35 fails to disclose a material fact regarding the 36 applicant’s residency as required pursuant to section 37 249A.3, subsection 15, is subject to a civil penalty 38 of two thousand dollars. > 39 2. Title page, line 2, after < provisions > by 40 inserting < and providing penalties > 41 3. By renumbering as necessary. 42 ______________________________ SCHULTE of Linn -1- SF313.2639 (2) 84 pf/nh 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3.