Senate
File
2181
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2181
BY
DANIELSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
coverage
under
the
medical
assistance
1
program
for
the
costs
associated
with
the
birth
of
a
child
2
relinquished
under
the
newborn
safe
haven
Act.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
233.2,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
(1)
A
newborn
infant
admitted
to
a
hospital
in
3
accordance
with
this
section
and
the
infant’s
mother,
for
the
4
period
of
labor
and
delivery
until
the
time
of
discharge
of
the
5
mother
from
the
hospital,
are
presumed
eligible
for
coverage
6
under
the
medical
assistance
program,
subject
to
applicable
7
federal
regulation.
8
(2)
If
the
physical
custody
of
the
newborn
infant
is
9
relinquished
at
an
institutional
health
facility,
the
state
10
shall
reimburse
the
institutional
health
facility
for
the
11
institutional
health
facility’s
actual
expenses
in
providing
12
care
to
the
newborn
infant
and
in
performing
acts
necessary
to
13
protect
the
physical
health
or
safety
of
the
newborn
infant.
14
The
reimbursement
shall
be
paid
from
moneys
appropriated
for
15
this
purpose
to
the
department
of
human
services.
16
Sec.
2.
Section
233.6,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
17
following
new
subsection:
18
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
Public
information
announcements
and
19
other
materials
to
develop
awareness
of
the
option
for
pregnant
20
women
who
wish
to
voluntarily
release
custody
of
the
newborn
21
infant
in
accordance
with
this
chapter
to
be
eligible
for
22
coverage
under
the
medical
assistance
program
for
labor
and
23
delivery
charges
and
hospital
costs
associated
with
the
birth
24
until
the
time
of
discharge
from
the
hospital.
25
Sec.
3.
MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE
COVERAGE
OF
HOSPITAL
COSTS
26
RELATED
TO
BIRTH
OF
CHILD
UNDER
THE
NEWBORN
SAFE
HAVEN
27
ACT.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
amend
the
medical
28
assistance
state
plan
to
provide
for
coverage
of
labor
and
29
delivery
charges
and
the
hospital
costs
associated
with
the
30
birth
of
a
child
until
the
mother
is
discharged
from
the
31
hospital,
for
a
mother
who
wishes
to
voluntarily
release
32
custody
by
relinquishing
physical
custody
of
the
child
after
33
birth
pursuant
to
chapter
233.
34
EXPLANATION
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This
bill
provides
for
coverage
under
the
medical
assistance
1
program
(Medicaid)
of
a
newborn
infant
and
the
infant’s
mother
2
for
labor
and
delivery
and
hospital
charges
associated
with
3
the
birth
of
a
child
until
the
mother
is
discharged
from
the
4
hospital,
when
the
mother
wishes
to
voluntarily
release
custody
5
by
relinquishing
physical
custody
of
the
newborn
infant
after
6
birth
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
233,
the
newborn
safe
haven
Act.
7
The
bill
directs
the
department
of
human
services
(DHS)
8
in
consultation
with
the
department
of
public
health
and
9
the
department
of
justice,
to
distribute
public
information
10
announcements
and
other
materials
to
develop
awareness
of
the
11
option
for
pregnant
women
who
wish
to
voluntarily
release
12
custody
of
their
newborn
infant
under
the
newborn
safe
haven
13
Act
to
be
eligible
for
coverage
under
the
Medicaid
program
for
14
labor
and
delivery
charges
and
hospital
costs
associated
with
15
the
birth
until
the
time
of
discharge
from
the
hospital.
16
The
bill
also
directs
DHS
to
amend
the
Medicaid
state
plan
to
17
provide
for
the
coverage
described
in
the
bill.
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