House
File
531
-
Enrolled
House
File
531
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
OVERSIGHT
OF
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
MEDICAID
PROGRAM
——
ASSET,
INCOME,
AND
IDENTITY
VERIFICATION.
By
December
15,
2017,
the
department
of
human
services
shall
report
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
regarding
progress
on
contracting
with
a
third-party
vendor
to
establish
an
electronic
asset,
income,
and
identity
eligibility
verification
system
for
the
purposes
of
determining
or
redetermining
the
eligibility
of
an
individual
who
is
an
applicant
for
or
recipient
of
medical
assistance
under
the
Medicaid
state
plan
on
the
basis
of
being
aged,
blind,
or
disabled
in
accordance
with
42
U.S.C.
§1396w.
Sec.
2.
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS
——
OVERSIGHT
——
DIRECTIVES
TO
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES.
1.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
review
state
efforts,
including
pilot
programs
related
to
data
sharing
between
states
and
technology-based
solutions
designed
to
curb
interstate
dual
participation,
to
address
program
integrity
for
public
assistance
programs
including
Medicaid,
the
family
investment
program
(FIP),
the
supplemental
nutrition
assistance
program
(SNAP),
and
the
child
care
assistance
program.
As
part
of
the
review,
the
department
shall
explore
opportunities
to
join
existing
pilot
efforts
in
collaboration
with
other
states
or
to
develop
a
separate
pilot
effort
in
Iowa.
House
File
531,
p.
2
2.
By
December
15,
2017,
the
department
shall
report
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
the
process
used
in
reviewing
state
efforts
including
pilot
programs,
the
findings
from
the
review
including
the
effectiveness
and
return
on
investment
of
pilot
programs
and
other
efforts
reviewed,
and
recommendations
for
potential
opportunities
to
improve
program
integrity
in
Iowa.
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
531,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor