House
Study
Bill
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SODERBERG)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
the
inclusion
of
health
plans
that
provide
1
coverage
for
abortion
in
a
state
health
benefit
exchange
and
2
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
IOWA
HEALTH
BENEFIT
EXCHANGE
——
PROHIBITION
OF
1
COVERAGE
FOR
ABORTIONS.
2
1.
If
a
health
benefit
exchange
is
established
in
this
state
3
pursuant
to
the
federal
Patient
Protection
and
Affordable
Care
4
Act,
Pub.
L.
No.
111-148,
as
amended
by
the
federal
Health
Care
5
and
Education
Reconciliation
Act
of
2010,
Pub.
L.
No.
111-152,
6
a
health
benefit
plan
that
offers
coverage
for
abortions
shall
7
not
be
certified
as
a
qualified
health
benefit
plan
to
be
8
offered
through
the
exchange.
9
2.
This
Act
shall
not
be
construed
as
creating
or
10
recognizing
a
right
to
an
abortion.
11
3.
This
Act
does
not
make
lawful
an
abortion
that
is
12
unlawful.
13
4.
Any
provision
of
this
Act
that
is
held
to
be
invalid
14
or
unenforceable
by
its
terms,
or
as
applied
to
any
person
or
15
circumstance,
shall
be
construed
so
as
to
give
the
provision
16
the
maximum
effect
permitted
by
law,
unless
such
holding
shall
17
be
one
of
utter
invalidity
or
unenforceability,
in
which
event
18
such
provision
shall
be
deemed
severable
and
shall
not
affect
19
the
remainder
of
this
Act
or
the
application
of
such
provision
20
to
other
persons
not
similarly
situated
or
to
other
dissimilar
21
circumstances.
22
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
23
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
24
EXPLANATION
25
This
bill
provides
that
if
a
health
benefit
exchange
is
26
established
in
this
state
pursuant
to
the
federal
Patient
27
Protection
and
Affordable
Care
Act,
a
health
benefit
plan
28
that
offers
coverage
for
abortions
shall
not
be
certified
as
29
a
qualified
health
benefit
plan
to
be
offered
through
the
30
exchange.
31
The
bill
shall
not
be
construed
as
creating
or
recognizing
32
a
right
to
an
abortion
or
making
lawful
an
abortion
that
33
is
unlawful.
A
provision
of
the
bill
that
is
held
to
be
34
invalid
or
unenforceable
is
severable
so
that
the
validity
or
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enforceability
of
the
remainder
of
the
bill
or
application
of
1
the
bill
is
not
affected.
2
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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