Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
GARRETT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
a
pilot
program
to
allow
Medicaid
members
to
1
participate
in
direct
health
care
agreements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
DIRECT
HEALTH
CARE
AGREEMENTS
——
MEDICAID
1
MEMBERS
——
PILOT
PROGRAM.
The
department
of
health
and
human
2
services
shall
develop
and
oversee
a
pilot
program
beginning
3
January
1,
2024,
and
ending
December
31,
2025,
to
allow
4
Medicaid
members
in
specified
categories
to
receive
health
5
care
services,
as
defined
in
section
135N.1,
through
a
direct
6
health
care
agreement,
with
the
Medicaid
program
acting
as
the
7
third-party
payor
for
such
services
utilizing
state-only
funds.
8
The
eligible
Medicaid
member
categories
shall
include
childless
9
adults
and
pregnant
women.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
14
services
to
develop
and
oversee
a
pilot
program
beginning
15
January
1,
2024,
and
ending
December
31,
2025,
to
allow
16
Medicaid
members
in
specified
categories
to
receive
health
17
care
services
through
a
direct
health
care
agreement,
with
18
the
Medicaid
program
acting
as
the
third-party
payor
for
such
19
services
utilizing
state-only
funds.
The
eligible
Medicaid
20
member
categories
shall
include
childless
adults
and
pregnant
21
women.
22
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