House
File
235
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
235
BY
HEARTSILL
,
WINDSCHITL
,
VANDER
LINDEN
,
ALONS
,
WATTS
,
SCHULTZ
,
PETTENGILL
,
SALMON
,
FISHER
,
HUSEMAN
,
LANDON
,
SHEETS
,
SHAW
,
MAXWELL
,
and
GASSMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
repealing
a
requirement
that
taxpayers
indicate
on
their
1
tax
returns
the
presence
or
absence
of
health
care
coverage
2
for
their
dependent
children
and
apply
for
certain
public
3
health
care
coverage,
and
including
effective
date
and
4
retroactive
applicability
provisions.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
REPEAL.
Section
422.12M,
Code
2013,
is
repealed.
1
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
2
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
3
Sec.
3.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
4
retroactively
to
January
1,
2013,
for
tax
years
beginning
on
5
or
after
that
date.
6
EXPLANATION
7
This
bill
repeals
Code
section
422.12M,
which
requires
8
taxpayers
to
indicate
on
their
tax
returns
the
presence
or
9
absence
of
health
care
coverage
for
their
dependent
children
10
and
to
apply
for
Medicaid
or
the
hawk-i
program
if
they
meet
11
certain
income
eligibility
standards.
The
bill
is
effective
12
upon
enactment
and
applies
retroactively
to
January
1,
2013,
13
for
tax
years
beginning
on
or
after
that
date.
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