House
File
2690
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2690
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
747)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
maximum
amount
of
available
resources
1
disregarded
under
the
Medicaid
for
employed
people
with
2
disabilities
program.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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6379HV
(1)
90
pf/ko
H.F.
2690
Section
1.
Section
249A.3,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(a),
Code
2024,
is
2
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3
(a)
As
allowed
under
42
U.S.C.
§1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII),
4
individuals
with
disabilities,
who
are
less
than
sixty-five
5
years
of
age,
who
are
members
of
families
whose
income
is
less
6
than
two
three
hundred
fifty
percent
of
the
most
recently
7
revised
official
poverty
guidelines
published
by
the
United
8
States
department
of
health
and
human
services
for
the
family,
9
who
have
earned
income
and
who
are
eligible
for
mandatory
10
medical
assistance
or
optional
medical
assistance
under
this
11
section
if
earnings
are
disregarded.
As
allowed
by
42
U.S.C.
12
§1396a(r)(2),
unearned
income
shall
also
be
disregarded
in
13
determining
whether
an
individual
is
eligible
for
assistance
14
under
this
subparagraph.
For
the
purposes
of
determining
the
15
amount
of
an
individual’s
resources
under
this
subparagraph
and
16
as
allowed
by
42
U.S.C.
§1396a(r)(2),
a
maximum
of
ten
thousand
17
dollars
of
available
resources
for
an
individual
and
twenty-one
18
thousand
dollars
of
available
resources
for
a
couple
shall
be
19
disregarded,
and
any
additional
resources
held
in
a
retirement
20
account,
in
a
medical
savings
account,
or
in
any
other
account
21
approved
under
rules
adopted
by
the
department
shall
also
be
22
disregarded.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
relates
to
the
Medicaid
for
employed
people
with
27
disabilities
(MEPD)
program.
28
Currently,
the
income
eligibility
level
requirement
for
the
29
MEPD
program
is
250
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
guidelines.
30
The
bill
increases
the
income
eligibility
level
to
300
percent
31
of
the
federal
poverty
guidelines.
32
Currently,
for
the
purposes
of
determining
the
resources
33
of
an
individual
to
meet
the
eligibility
requirements
for
the
34
MEPD
program,
a
maximum
of
$10,000
of
available
resources
is
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disregarded,
in
addition
to
any
additional
resources
held
in
1
a
retirement
account,
in
a
medical
savings
account,
or
in
any
2
other
account
approved
under
rules
adopted
by
the
department
3
of
health
and
human
services
(HHS).
The
bill
maintains
the
4
maximum
amount
of
$10,000
in
available
resources
disregarded
5
for
an
individual,
but
provides
that
for
the
purposes
of
6
determining
the
resources
of
a
couple,
a
maximum
amount
of
7
$21,000
of
available
resources
is
disregarded
in
addition
to
8
additional
resources
held
in
a
retirement
account,
in
a
medical
9
savings
account,
or
in
any
other
account
approved
under
rules
10
adopted
by
HHS.
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