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 PAG LIN 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