Senate File 132 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  HATCH


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to Medicaid reimbursement for interpreter
  2    services.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2091SS 83
  5 pf/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  INTERPRETER SERVICES AS COVERED SERVICE UNDER
  1  2 MEDICAID.  The department of human services shall submit a
  1  3 medical assistance state plan amendment to the centers for
  1  4 Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department
  1  5 of health and human services for approval to allow interpreter
  1  6 services to be a covered service under the state medical
  1  7 assistance program.  Upon approval, the department shall
  1  8 implement interpreter services as a covered service under the
  1  9 state medical assistance program.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill directs the department of human services (DHS) to
  1 12 submit a Medicaid program state plan amendment to the federal
  1 13 government for approval to allow interpreter services to be a
  1 14 covered service under the Medicaid program.  The bill also
  1 15 directs DHS to implement interpreter services as a covered
  1 16 service upon receipt of such approval.
  1 17 LSB 2091SS 83
  1 18 pf/nh/8