HOUSE FILE 552

BY  PEARSON, MASSIE, and SHAW

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the termination of the family planning waiver under the medical assistance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  MEDICAID WAIVER —— FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.  The department of human services shall withdraw the request to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services to amend the medical assistance waiver for the Iowa family planning network as specified in 2010 Iowa Acts, chapter 1192, section 11, subsection 24, and shall instead request that the waiver terminate on the original expiration date of January 31, 2011. The department of human services shall terminate services under the waiver in accordance with federal regulation.
EXPLANATION
   This bill directs the department of human services (DHS) to withdraw the request to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services to amend the Medicaid waiver for the Iowa family planning network which would have modified eligibility and extended the waiver beyond the termination date of January 31, 2011. The bill directs DHS to instead request that the waiver terminate on the original expiration date. The bill provides that DHS is to terminate services under the waiver in accordance with federal regulations.