House File 452 HOUSE FILE BY MADDOX and FOEGE Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the medical assistance program eligibility of 2 inmates of public institutions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2713YH 80 5 pf/cl/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 249A.32 INMATES == ELIGIBILITY. 1 2 1. The department shall provide coverage under the medical 1 3 assistance program to eligible juveniles and adults who are 1 4 accused of a crime and are in the custody of the juvenile or 1 5 adult criminal justice system. 1 6 2. If eligibility under the medical assistance program is 1 7 suspended for an individual convicted of a crime who is an 1 8 inmate of a public institution, the department shall 1 9 redetermine the inmate's eligibility prior to release of the 1 10 inmate from the public institution in order to provide the 1 11 inmate with coverage under the medical assistance program 1 12 immediately upon release. For the purposes of this 1 13 subsection, "inmate of a public institution" means as provided 1 14 in 42 C.F.R. } 435.1008. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill relates to persons in the custody of the juvenile 1 17 or criminal justice system and inmates of public institutions 1 18 and their eligibility under the medical assistance program. 1 19 The bill requires the department of human services to 1 20 provide coverage under the medical assistance program to 1 21 eligible juveniles and adults who are accused of a crime and 1 22 are in the custody of the juvenile or adult criminal justice 1 23 system. 1 24 The bill also provides that if the eligibility under the 1 25 medical assistance program of an individual who has been 1 26 convicted of a crime and is an inmate of a public institution 1 27 has been suspended, the department must redetermine the 1 28 inmate's eligibility prior to release in order to provide 1 29 coverage under the medical assistance program immediately upon 1 30 the inmate's release. 1 31 LSB 2713YH 80 1 32 pf/cl/14 1 33 1 34 1 35