House File 45 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEDDENS


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the suspension or termination of medical
  2    assistance during the period that an individual is committed
  3    to certain facilities or institutions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1456YH 83
  6 pf/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  249A.38  COMMITTED INDIVIDUALS ==
  1  2 SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
  1  3    1.  The medical assistance benefits of a person who
  1  4 received medical assistance benefits prior to commitment to an
  1  5 institution or facility under the control of the department of
  1  6 corrections, to a community=based correctional facility, to a
  1  7 county or municipal jail or detention facility, or to any
  1  8 other institution or facility by reason of an arrest or charge
  1  9 for or conviction of a crime, may be suspended rather than
  1 10 terminated for the initial twelve=month period of commitment.
  1 11 Following the initial twelve=month period of commitment, such
  1 12 benefits may be terminated.
  1 13    2.  The entity with control of the institution or facility
  1 14 to which an individual under subsection 1 is committed shall
  1 15 notify the department to redetermine the eligibility of the
  1 16 individual prior to release of the individual in order to
  1 17 provide the individual, if determined eligible, with coverage
  1 18 under the medical assistance program immediately upon release.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill provides for the suspension rather than
  1 21 termination of medical assistance benefits of a person who
  1 22 received medical assistance benefits prior to commitment to an
  1 23 institution or facility under the control of the department of
  1 24 corrections, to a community=based correctional facility, to a
  1 25 county or municipal jail or detention facility, or to any
  1 26 other institution or facility by reason of an arrest or charge
  1 27 for or conviction of a crime, during the initial 12=month
  1 28 period of commitment.  Following the initial 12=month period
  1 29 of commitment, such benefits may be terminated.  Additionally,
  1 30 the bill requires the entity with control of the institution
  1 31 or facility to which the individual is committed to notify the
  1 32 department of human services to redetermine the eligibility of
  1 33 the individual prior to release of the individual in order to
  1 34 provide the individual, if determined eligible, with coverage
  1 35 under the medical assistance program immediately upon release.
  2  1 LSB 1456YH 83
  2  2 pf/nh/14