House Study Bill 183 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON VANDER LINDEN) A BILL FOR An Act eliminating a requirement that taxpayers indicate on 1 their tax returns the presence or absence of health care 2 coverage for their dependent children and apply for certain 3 public health care coverage, and including effective date 4 and retroactive applicability provisions. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 1268YC (1) 87 av/sc/rn

H.F. _____ Section 1. REPEAL. Section 422.12M, Code 2017, is repealed. 1 Sec. 2.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, 2017, for tax years beginning on 5 or after that date. 6 EXPLANATION 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 8 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 9 This bill repeals Code section 422.12M, which requires 10 a taxpayer to indicate on the state individual income tax 11 return the presence or absence of health care coverage for the 12 taxpayer’s dependent children and to apply for Medicaid or the 13 hawk-i program if the taxpayer meets certain income eligibility 14 standards. The bill is effective upon enactment and applies 15 retroactively to January 1, 2017, for tax years beginning on 16 or after that date. 17 -1- LSB 1268YC (1) 87 av/sc/rn 1/ 1