House File 323 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the provision of medical assistance to certain
  2    persons.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1789YH 82
  5 pf/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 249A.3, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
  1  3    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (3)  Is a person who has attained
  1  4 nineteen years of age but has not attained twenty=one years of
  1  5 age, whose income is not more than one hundred thirty=three
  1  6 percent of the federal poverty level, as defined by the most
  1  7 recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the
  1  8 United States department of health and human services.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill provides that persons ages 19 to 21 whose income
  1 11 is not more than 133 percent of the federal poverty level are
  1 12 eligible for the medical assistance program.
  1 13 LSB 1789YH 82
  1 14 pf:nh/gg/14