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IA SF599
Bill
Status
3/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Health And Human Services
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AI Summary
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Requires the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services to seek federal approval to implement work requirements as a condition of eligibility for the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan (Medicaid expansion), with exemptions for individuals under 19, over 65, disabled, medically frail, caretakers of children under 6, experiencing high-risk pregnancy, receiving unemployment, or in substance abuse treatment
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Mandates discontinuation of the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan if federal law prohibits work requirements, unless an alternative coverage plan receives statutory approval
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Directs the department to coordinate with federal agencies to align work rules and requirements across public assistance programs, including employment and training requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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Creates a new Information Technology Fund for HHS modernization initiatives, transfers remaining funds from the repealed Public Assistance Modernization Fund on June 30, 2025, and allows unspent moneys to carry forward to the next fiscal year
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Increases the resource disregard limit for the Medicaid for Employed People with Disabilities program from $10,000 to $21,000 for couples, while maintaining the $10,000 limit for individuals
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance programs, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program.(Formerly SF 363; See SF 615.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 615. S.J. 621.
3/24/2025