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Senate File 15 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to the collection of employer information from
2Iowa health and wellness plan applicants and recipients.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1.COLLECTION OF EMPLOYER INFORMATION — IOWA
2HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLAN. The department of human services
3shall require an applicant for or recipient of Iowa health
4and wellness plan coverage to provide the name and contact
5information of the applicant’s or recipient’s employer at the
6time of initial application and at any time the recipient’s
7employer changes. The department shall compile and publish on
8the department’s internet site, on a quarterly basis, a listing
9of those employers who employ Iowa health and wellness plan
10recipients, including the number of recipients employed by each
11employer. For the purposes of the compiling and publishing
12of information by the department of human services under this
13section, “employer” means a person who employs twenty or more
14employees, excluding part-time employees.
15EXPLANATION
16The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
17the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
18This bill directs the department of human services (DHS)
19to require an applicant for or recipient of Iowa health
20and wellness plan coverage to provide the name and contact
21information of the applicant’s or recipient’s employer at the
22time of initial application and at any time the recipient’s
23employer changes. DHS is required to compile and publish on
24the department’s internet site, on a quarterly basis, a listing
25of those employers who employ Iowa health and wellness plan
26recipients, including the number of recipients employed by each
27employer. For the purposes of the compiling and publishing of
28information by DHS, an employer is a person who employs 20 or
29more employees, excluding part-time employees.
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2Iowa health and wellness plan applicants and recipients.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1.COLLECTION OF EMPLOYER INFORMATION — IOWA
2HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLAN. The department of human services
3shall require an applicant for or recipient of Iowa health
4and wellness plan coverage to provide the name and contact
5information of the applicant’s or recipient’s employer at the
6time of initial application and at any time the recipient’s
7employer changes. The department shall compile and publish on
8the department’s internet site, on a quarterly basis, a listing
9of those employers who employ Iowa health and wellness plan
10recipients, including the number of recipients employed by each
11employer. For the purposes of the compiling and publishing
12of information by the department of human services under this
13section, “employer” means a person who employs twenty or more
14employees, excluding part-time employees.
15EXPLANATION
16The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
17the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
18This bill directs the department of human services (DHS)
19to require an applicant for or recipient of Iowa health
20and wellness plan coverage to provide the name and contact
21information of the applicant’s or recipient’s employer at the
22time of initial application and at any time the recipient’s
23employer changes. DHS is required to compile and publish on
24the department’s internet site, on a quarterly basis, a listing
25of those employers who employ Iowa health and wellness plan
26recipients, including the number of recipients employed by each
27employer. For the purposes of the compiling and publishing of
28information by DHS, an employer is a person who employs 20 or
29more employees, excluding part-time employees.
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