House
File
133
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
133
BY
STECKMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
provision
of
financial
institution
1
records
for
the
purposes
of
determining
eligibility
for
2
Medicaid,
and
providing
a
penalty.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
249A.38A
Financial
institutions
——
1
request
for
records
——
penalty.
2
1.
Upon
written
request
signed
by
an
authorized
employee
or
3
agent
of
the
department,
a
financial
institution
shall
provide,
4
without
charge,
the
deposit
and
withdrawal
records
from
the
5
preceding
five
years
for
an
applicant
for
or
recipient
of
6
medical
assistance
to
any
authorized
employee
or
agent
of
the
7
department
or
to
the
applicant
or
recipient.
8
2.
The
department
shall
develop
and
make
available
an
easily
9
downloadable
request
form
bearing
an
electronic
signature
of
an
10
authorized
employee
or
agent
of
the
department
to
be
used
by
an
11
applicant
or
recipient
in
requesting
the
records
specified
in
12
this
section.
13
3.
A
financial
institution
that
unreasonably
refuses
to
14
provide
the
records
specified
in
this
section
within
the
time
15
limit
provided
in
the
request
or
that
willfully
provides
false
16
information
in
the
response
to
the
request
shall
be
assessed
a
17
civil
penalty
of
not
more
than
fifty
dollars.
18
4.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“financial
institution”
19
means
financial
institution
as
defined
in
section
252I.1.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
requires
that
upon
written
request
signed
by
24
an
authorized
employee
or
agent
of
the
department
of
human
25
services
(DHS),
a
financial
institution
shall
provide,
without
26
charge,
the
deposit
and
withdrawal
records
from
the
preceding
27
five
years
for
an
applicant
for
or
recipient
of
Medicaid
to
28
any
authorized
employee
or
agent
of
DHS
or
to
the
applicant
29
or
recipient.
The
bill
directs
DHS
to
develop
and
make
30
available
an
easily
downloadable
request
form
bearing
an
31
electronic
signature
of
an
authorized
employee
or
agent
of
32
DHS
to
be
used
by
an
applicant
or
recipient
in
requesting
the
33
records
specified
in
the
bill.
A
financial
institution
that
34
unreasonably
refuses
to
provide
the
records
specified
within
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the
time
limit
provided
in
the
request
or
that
willfully
1
provides
false
information
in
the
response
to
the
request
shall
2
be
assessed
a
civil
penalty
of
not
more
than
$50.
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