Bill Text: IA HF5 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 5 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act eliminating a requirement that taxpayers indicate on their tax returns the presence or absence of health care coverage for their dependent children and apply for certain public health care coverage, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-18 - NOBA: House Floor [HF5 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF5-Introduced.html

House File 5 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  HEARTSILL

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act eliminating a requirement that taxpayers indicate on
  2    their tax returns the presence or absence of health care
  3    coverage for their dependent children and apply for certain
  4    public health care coverage, and including effective date
  5    and retroactive applicability provisions.
  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  REPEAL.  Section 422.12M, Code 2017, is repealed.
  1  2    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  1  3 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1  4    Sec. 3.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies
  1  5 retroactively to January 1, 2017, for tax years beginning on
  1  6 or after that date.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1  9 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 10    This bill repeals Code section 422.12M, which requires
  1 11 a taxpayer to indicate on the state individual income tax
  1 12 return the presence or absence of health care coverage for the
  1 13 taxpayer's dependent children and to apply for Medicaid or the
  1 14 hawk=i program if the taxpayer meets certain income eligibility
  1 15 standards.  The bill is effective upon enactment and applies
  1 16 retroactively to January 1, 2017, for tax years beginning on
  1 17 or after that date.
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