Bill Text: IA HF372 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a state poison control center support fund, authorizing assessments, and making appropriations.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [HF372 Detail]
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BY
HALL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
state
poison
control
center
support
fund,
1
authorizing
assessments,
and
making
appropriations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
505.26
State
poison
control
center
1
support
fund
——
assessment
——
appropriation.
2
1.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
otherwise
3
requires:
4
a.
“Commissioner”
means
the
commissioner
of
insurance.
5
b.
“Fund”
means
the
state
poison
control
center
support
6
fund.
7
c.
“Health
carrier”
means
an
insurer
providing
accident
8
and
sickness
insurance
under
chapter
509,
514,
or
514A,
and
9
includes
a
health
maintenance
organization
established
under
10
chapter
514B
if
payments
received
by
the
health
maintenance
11
organization
are
considered
premiums
pursuant
to
section
12
514B.31
and
are
taxed
under
chapter
432.
“Health
carrier”
also
13
includes
a
corporation
which
becomes
a
mutual
insurer
pursuant
14
to
section
514.23
and
any
other
person
as
defined
in
section
15
4.1,
subsection
20,
who
is
or
may
become
liable
for
the
tax
16
imposed
by
chapter
432.
17
d.
“Health
insurance”
means
accident
and
sickness
insurance
18
authorized
by
chapter
509,
514,
or
514A.
19
e.
“State
poison
control
center”
means
the
state
poison
20
control
center
established
by
the
department
of
public
health
21
pursuant
to
2000
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1221,
section
1.
22
2.
a.
A
state
poison
control
center
support
fund
is
created
23
in
the
state
treasury
under
the
authority
of
the
department
of
24
public
health.
Moneys
appropriated
to
and
all
other
moneys
25
specified
for
deposit
in
the
fund
shall
be
deposited
in
the
26
fund
and
used
for
the
funding
and
support
of
the
state
poison
27
control
center.
28
b.
The
fund
shall
be
separate
from
the
general
fund
of
the
29
state
and
shall
not
be
considered
part
of
the
general
fund
of
30
the
state.
The
moneys
in
the
fund
shall
not
be
considered
31
revenue
of
the
state,
but
rather
shall
be
funds
of
the
state
32
poison
control
center.
The
moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
are
33
not
subject
to
section
8.33
and
shall
not
be
transferred,
used,
34
obligated,
appropriated,
or
otherwise
encumbered,
except
to
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provide
for
the
support
of
the
state
poison
control
center.
1
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
2
earnings
on
moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
3
the
fund.
4
c.
The
department
of
public
health
shall
adopt
rules
5
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
administer
the
fund
and
payments
6
made
from
the
fund.
7
d.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
8
of
public
health
and
shall
be
used
by
the
department
for
the
9
purposes
of
the
state
poison
control
center.
The
department
10
shall
be
the
administrator
of
the
fund
for
auditing
purposes.
11
3.
All
health
carriers
that
report
total
health
insurance
12
premiums
and
payments
for
subscriber
contracts
and
paid
losses
13
in
this
state
in
excess
of
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
per
14
year
shall
annually
pay
an
assessment
for
deposit
into
the
15
fund
as
determined
by
the
commissioner
under
subsection
4.
16
The
amount
of
assessments
paid
into
the
fund
each
year
shall
17
total
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Beginning
in
2015,
the
18
commissioner
shall,
on
or
before
March
1
of
each
calendar
year,
19
publish
an
adjustment
to
the
total
amount
of
the
assessments
20
that
must
be
paid
into
the
fund
that
year
equal
to
the
21
percentage
change
in
the
United
States
department
of
labor
22
consumer
price
index
for
all
urban
consumers
in
the
preceding
23
calendar
year.
24
4.
a.
Beginning
on
April
1,
2014,
and
April
1
of
each
25
calendar
year
thereafter,
the
commissioner
shall
determine
26
the
amount
assessable
to
each
health
carrier
in
the
state
for
27
deposit
into
the
fund
as
provided
in
subsection
3.
Health
28
carriers
in
the
state
shall
be
assessed
in
proportion
to
29
their
respective
shares
of
total
health
insurance
premiums
30
or
payments
for
subscriber
contracts
received
in
Iowa
during
31
the
preceding
calendar
year,
or
with
paid
losses
in
the
year,
32
coinciding
with
or
ending
during
the
calendar
year
or
on
any
33
other
equitable
basis
as
determined
by
the
commissioner.
34
b.
In
determining
the
amount
of
the
assessments,
the
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commissioner
may
abate
or
defer
in
any
part
the
assessment
of
a
1
health
carrier,
if,
in
the
opinion
of
the
commissioner,
payment
2
of
the
assessment
would
endanger
the
ability
of
the
health
3
carrier
to
fulfill
its
contractual
obligations.
4
c.
For
purposes
of
calculating
and
conducting
the
5
assessment,
the
commissioner
shall
have
the
express
authority
6
to
require
health
carriers
to
report
on
an
annual
basis
each
7
health
carrier’s
total
health
insurance
premiums
and
payments
8
for
subscriber
contracts
and
paid
losses.
9
d.
Beginning
on
May
1,
2014,
and
each
May
1
thereafter,
the
10
commissioner
shall
make
assessments
against
health
carriers
11
under
this
section
with
payment
due
by
July
1,
2014,
and
each
12
July
1
thereafter.
Payment
shall
be
remitted
to
the
treasurer
13
of
state
and
deposited
in
the
fund
to
support
the
state
poison
14
control
center
as
provided
in
subsection
2.
15
e.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“total
health
insurance
16
premiums”
and
“payments
for
subscriber
contracts”
include,
17
without
limitation,
premiums
or
other
amounts
paid
to
or
18
received
by
a
health
carrier
for
individual
and
group
health
19
insurance
coverage
provided
under
any
chapter
of
the
Code
or
20
Acts,
and
“paid
losses”
includes,
without
limitation,
claims
21
paid
by
a
health
carrier
operating
on
a
self-funded
basis
for
22
individual
and
group
health
insurance
coverage
provided
under
23
any
chapter
of
the
Code
or
Acts.
24
EXPLANATION
25
This
bill
establishes
a
state
poison
control
center
support
26
fund,
authorizes
assessments
of
health
carriers
to
generate
27
moneys
for
deposit
into
the
fund,
and
makes
appropriations.
28
The
bill
creates
the
state
poison
control
center
support
29
fund
in
the
state
treasury
under
the
authority
of
the
30
department
of
public
health.
The
purpose
of
the
fund
is
to
31
provide
funding
and
support
to
the
state
poison
control
center
32
which
was
created
in
2000
under
the
authority
of
the
department
33
of
public
health.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
34
department
of
public
health
to
use
for
the
purposes
of
the
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state
poison
control
center
and
the
department
is
directed
to
1
adopt
rules
to
administer
the
fund
and
payments
made
from
the
2
fund.
3
Health
carriers
that
report
total
health
insurance
premiums
4
and
payments
of
subscriber
contracts
and
paid
losses
in
this
5
state
in
excess
of
$100,000
per
year
are
required
to
pay
annual
6
assessments
for
deposit
into
the
fund
as
determined
by
the
7
commissioner
of
insurance
so
that
total
deposits
into
the
fund
8
from
such
assessments
equal
$500,000
each
year.
Beginning
9
in
2015,
the
amount
of
the
total
assessments
due
for
deposit
10
into
the
fund
each
year
shall
be
adjusted
annually
to
reflect
11
percentage
changes
in
the
consumer
price
index.
12
The
commissioner
of
insurance
is
directed
to
determine
13
the
amount
assessable
to
each
health
carrier
in
the
state
in
14
proportion
to
each
health
carrier’s
respective
share
as
set
15
forth
in
the
bill.
The
commissioner
may
abate
or
defer
any
16
assessment,
if,
in
the
commissioner’s
opinion,
payment
of
the
17
assessment
would
endanger
the
ability
of
the
health
carrier
18
to
fulfill
its
contractual
obligations.
For
purposes
of
19
calculating
and
conducting
the
assessment,
the
commissioner
has
20
the
authority
to
require
health
carriers
to
report
on
an
annual
21
basis
each
health
carrier’s
total
health
insurance
premiums
and
22
payments
for
subscriber
contracts
and
paid
losses.
23
The
commissioner
is
required
to
make
assessments
against
24
health
carriers
beginning
on
May
1,
2014,
and
each
May
1
25
thereafter,
and
payment
of
the
assessments
is
due
by
July
1,
26
2014.
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