House
File
2568
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2568
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2491)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2188)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
hearing
aids
and
audiologic
services
1
funding
program,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
TLSB
5171HZ
(1)
89
ko/rn
H.F.
2568
DIVISION
I
1
HEARING
AIDS
AND
AUDIOLOGIC
SERVICES
FUNDING
PROGRAM
——
2
ADMINISTRATION
3
Section
1.
HEARING
AID
AND
AUDIOLOGIC
SERVICES
FUNDING
4
PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATION.
The
Iowa
department
of
public
5
health
shall
not
enter
into
a
contract
with
a
third
party
to
6
administer
the
hearing
aids
and
audiologic
services
funding
7
program
and
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
8
administer
the
program
within
the
department,
including
but
not
9
limited
to
the
administration
of
the
application
process,
the
10
determination
of
applicants’
eligibility,
the
enrollment
of
11
eligible
applicants
into
the
program,
the
maintenance
of
the
12
hearing
aids
and
audiologic
services
funding
waitlist,
and
the
13
reimbursement
of
providers.
14
DIVISION
II
15
HEARING
AIDS
AND
AUDIOLOGIC
SERVICES
FUNDING
PROGRAM
——
16
FY
2021-2022
NONREVERSION
17
Sec.
2.
2021
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
182,
section
3,
subsection
18
2,
paragraph
e,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
19
e.
Of
the
funds
appropriated
in
this
subsection,
$156,000
20
shall
be
used
to
provide
audiological
services
and
hearing
21
aids
for
children.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
22
appropriated
in
this
paragraph
that
remain
unencumbered
or
23
unobligated
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
24
but
shall
remain
available
for
expenditure
for
the
purposes
25
designated
until
the
close
of
the
succeeding
fiscal
year.
The
26
amount
of
money
that
does
not
revert
shall
be
reported
annually
27
by
the
department
to
the
general
assembly.
28
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
division
of
this
Act,
being
29
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
the
hearing
aids
and
audio
logic
34
services
funding
program.
The
bill
is
divided
into
two
35
-1-
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5171HZ
(1)
89
ko/rn
1/
2
H.F.
2568
divisions.
The
first
division
of
the
bill
prohibits
the
1
Iowa
department
of
public
health
(department)
from
entering
2
into
a
contract
with
a
third
party
to
administer
the
hearing
3
aids
and
audiologic
services
funding
program
(program).
The
4
department
shall
adopt
rules
to
administer
the
program
within
5
the
department,
including
but
not
limited
to
the
administration
6
of
the
application
process,
the
determination
of
applicants’
7
eligibility,
the
enrollment
of
eligible
applicants
into
the
8
program,
the
maintenance
of
the
program
waitlist,
and
the
9
reimbursement
of
providers.
10
The
second
division
of
the
bill
provides
that
the
$156,000
11
appropriated
for
fiscal
year
2021-2022
to
be
used
to
provide
12
audiological
services
and
hearing
aids
for
children
that
13
remains
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
14
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
available
until
the
15
close
of
the
succeeding
fiscal
year.
The
amount
of
money
that
16
does
not
revert
shall
be
reported
annually
by
the
department
to
17
the
general
assembly.
This
division
of
the
bill
takes
effect
18
upon
enactment.
19
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