H.F. 2492 Section 1. IOWA HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLAN —— MEMBER 1 REENROLLMENT FOLLOWING TERMINATION FOR NONPAYMENT OF MONTHLY 2 CONTRIBUTIONS. The department of human services shall seek 3 approval of an amendment to the section 1115 demonstration 4 waiver for the Iowa health and wellness plan from the centers 5 for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States 6 department of health and human services to provide the 7 following: 8 1. An Iowa health and wellness plan member who is not 9 otherwise exempt from payment of a monthly contribution, who 10 is subject to payment of a monthly contribution as the result 11 of failure to complete required healthy behaviors, and whose 12 eligibility for the program is terminated due to nonpayment 13 of monthly contributions, shall be allowed to subsequently 14 reenroll in the program without first paying any outstanding 15 monthly contributions, if the member has not been terminated 16 from the program previously for nonpayment of monthly 17 contributions. 18 2. Following an initial termination from the Iowa health and 19 wellness program pursuant to subsection 1, if an Iowa health 20 and wellness plan member is subsequently terminated from the 21 program pursuant to subsection 1 for nonpayment of monthly 22 contributions, the member shall be subject to payment of any 23 outstanding monthly contributions prior to reenrollment in the 24 program. 25 3. This section shall not apply to an Iowa health and 26 wellness plan member who is deemed to be in substantial 27 compliance with the healthy behaviors requirement to complete a 28 wellness examination by providing proof of a scheduled wellness 29 examination appointment, if the appointment is scheduled 30 no later than ninety days beyond the end of the applicable 31 enrollment period. 32 -1- HF 2492 (4) 88 pf/rh 1/ 1