Senate
File
2118
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2118
BY
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
DONAHUE
,
WAHLS
,
JOCHUM
,
and
PETERSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
state
health
insurance
marketplace
study
1
committee.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
STATE
1
HEALTH
INSURANCE
MARKETPLACE
STUDY
COMMITTEE.
2
1.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
3
establish
a
study
committee
to
evaluate
the
feasibility
of
a
4
health
insurance
marketplace
for
the
state
of
Iowa.
The
study
5
committee
shall
conduct
a
survey
of
all
of
the
following:
6
a.
Each
state
that
has
adopted
a
state-based
health
7
insurance
marketplace
that
operates
on
a
separate
platform
from
8
the
federal
health
insurance
marketplace.
9
b.
Each
state
that
has
adopted
a
state-based
health
10
insurance
marketplace
that
operates
on
the
same
platform
as
the
11
federal
health
insurance
marketplace.
12
2.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
13
submit
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
with
the
findings
and
14
recommendations
of
the
study
committee
by
January
1,
2025.
The
15
report
shall
include,
at
a
minimum,
all
of
the
following:
16
a.
An
analysis
of
the
impact
of
each
surveyed
state’s
17
state-based
exchanges
on
the
cost
of
health
insurance
premiums
18
in
the
surveyed
state.
19
b.
The
quality
of
health
plan
coverage
in
the
surveyed
20
state.
21
c.
A
description
of
the
state-based
premium
tax
credits,
22
if
any,
that
a
surveyed
state
has
implemented
to
subsidize
the
23
cost
of
health
plan
premiums.
24
d.
An
assessment
of
the
opportunities
and
challenges
25
the
state
of
Iowa
may
face
implementing
a
state-based
health
26
insurance
marketplace.
27
e.
An
assessment
of
the
cost
to
the
state,
and
the
potential
28
cost
savings
to
the
state,
of
implementing
a
state-based
health
29
insurance
marketplace
outside
of
the
federal
platform
in
Iowa.
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
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
34
services
(department)
to
establish
a
study
committee
to
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evaluate
the
feasibility
of
a
state-based
health
insurance
1
marketplace.
The
department
shall
conduct
a
survey
of
2
each
state
that
has
adopted
a
state-based
health
insurance
3
marketplace
that
operates
either
on
a
separate
platform
from
4
the
federal
health
insurance
marketplace,
or
on
the
same
5
platform
as
the
federal
health
insurance
marketplace.
6
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
submit
a
report
to
7
the
general
assembly
with
the
committee’s
findings
and
8
recommendations
by
January
1,
2025.
The
report
shall
include
9
an
analysis
of
the
impact
of
each
surveyed
state’s
state-based
10
exchanges
on
the
cost
of
health
insurance
premiums;
an
analysis
11
of
the
quality
of
health
plan
coverage
in
each
surveyed
state;
12
a
description
of
any
state-based
premium
tax
credits
that
13
a
surveyed
state
has
implemented
to
subsidize
the
cost
of
14
health
plan
premiums;
an
assessment
of
the
opportunities
and
15
challenges
the
state
of
Iowa
may
face
in
implementing
a
state
16
health
insurance
marketplace;
and
an
assessment
of
the
cost
to
17
the
state
and
the
potential
reduction
in
cost
to
the
state,
of
18
implementing
a
state
health
insurance
marketplace
outside
of
19
the
federal
platform
in
Iowa.
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