Bill Text: IA SF2145 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Amended

Iowa Senate Bill 2145 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to speech therapy and other benefits for children under the hawk-i program and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 2049.)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-02-25 - Subcommittee, L. Miller, Best, and Wessel-Kroeschell. H.J. 345. [SF2145 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF2145-Amended.html

Senate File 2145 - Reprinted




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                     RESOURCES

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2049)
       (As Amended and Passed by the Senate February 23, 2016)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to speech therapy and other benefits for
  2    children under the hawk=i program and including effective
  3    date and retroactive applicability provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  HAWK=I COVERED SPEECH THERAPY BENEFIT.  The
  1  2 hawk=i covered speech therapy benefit shall provide for
  1  3 coverage of both habilitative and rehabilitative services
  1  4 for children with speech, language, and hearing disorders as
  1  5 medically necessary. The determination that a service is
  1  6 medically necessary shall not be interpreted to require loss
  1  7 or impairment as the result of a stroke, accidental injury, or
  1  8 surgery to the head or neck as a prerequisite to coverage of
  1  9 services.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  HAWK=I BOARD DUTIES == BENEFIT PACKAGE.  The
  1 11 hawk=i board shall review the benefit package design of, the
  1 12 noninclusive list of benefits for, and the definition of
  1 13 medically necessary utilized under the hawk=i program, and
  1 14 shall approve a benefit package and adopt rules, pursuant to
  1 15 the duties specified in section 514I.5, to provide benefits
  1 16 uniformly and consistently across all participating insurers,
  1 17 in the type and manner that reflects and meets the needs of the
  1 18 child population, including children with special health care
  1 19 needs, under the hawk=i program.
  1 20    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 21 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 22    Sec. 4.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies
  1 23 retroactively to March 1, 2016.
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