SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to medical assistance eligibility for inmates of public institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 249A.38, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   The following conditions shall apply to an individual who is an inmate of a public institution as defined in 42 C.F.R. § 435.1010, who is enrolled in the medical assistance program at the time of commitment to the public institution, and who is
 
remains eligible for medical assistance by reason of disability or being sixty-five years of age or older
 
as an individual except for the individual’s institutional status:
EXPLANATION
   This bill specifies that the suspension of Medicaid for an inmate of a public institution who is enrolled in the medical assistance program at the time of commitment to the public institution is expanded to include not only those eligible by reason of disability or being 65 years of age or older, but instead any individual who remains eligible for medical assistance except for the individual’s institutional status.