Senate File 242 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  RAGAN


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to consumer education and outreach for the
  2    Medicare Part D program, and providing an appropriation.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2984SS 81
  5 pf/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  CONSUMER EDUCATION AND OUTREACH == MEDICARE
  1  2 PART D == APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the
  1  3 general fund of the state to the insurance division of the
  1  4 department of commerce for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  1  5 2005, and ending June 30, 2006, the following amount, or so
  1  6 much thereof as is necessary, for the purpose designated:
  1  7    For a consumer education and outreach program to reach
  1  8 Iowans who are eligible for low=income prescription drug
  1  9 coverage through Part D of the federal Medicare Prescription
  1 10 Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, Pub. L. No.
  1 11 108=173:
  1 12 .................................................. $    500,000
  1 13    The division of insurance shall partner with the area
  1 14 agencies on aging, public health nurses, AARP Iowa, the older
  1 15 Iowans legislature, health care providers, and advocates for
  1 16 persons with disabilities and older Iowans in implementing the
  1 17 consumer education and outreach program.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill appropriates $500,000 from the general fund of
  1 20 the state to the insurance division of the department of
  1 21 commerce for the fiscal year 2005=2006 to provide a consumer
  1 22 education and outreach program to reach Iowans who are
  1 23 eligible for low=income prescription drug coverage through
  1 24 Part D of the federal Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement,
  1 25 and Modernization Act of 2003.  The bill directs the division
  1 26 of insurance to partner with the area agencies on aging,
  1 27 public health nurses, AARP Iowa, the older Iowans legislature,
  1 28 health care providers, and advocates for persons with
  1 29 disabilities and older Iowans in implementing the consumer
  1 30 education and outreach program.
  1 31 LSB 2984SS 81
  1 32 pf:nh/gg/14