Bill Text: IA SF469 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to oversight of public assistance programs, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1157.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Withdrawn. S.J. 748. [SF469 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF469-Introduced.html

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Senate File 469 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                     RESOURCES

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     1157)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to oversight of public assistance programs, and
  2    including effective date provisions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  MEDICAID PROGRAM == ASSET, INCOME, AND IDENTITY
  1  2 VERIFICATION.  By December 15, 2017, the department of human
  1  3 services shall report to the governor and the general assembly
  1  4 regarding progress on contracting with a third=party vendor
  1  5 to establish an electronic asset, income, and identity
  1  6 eligibility verification system for the purposes of determining
  1  7 or redetermining the eligibility of an individual who is an
  1  8 applicant for or recipient of medical assistance under the
  1  9 Medicaid state plan on the basis of being aged, blind, or
  1 10 disabled in accordance with 42 U.S.C. {1396w.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS == OVERSIGHT ==
  1 12 DIRECTIVES TO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
  1 13    1.  The department of human services shall review state
  1 14 efforts, including pilot programs related to data sharing
  1 15 between states and technology=based solutions designed to curb
  1 16 interstate dual participation, to address program integrity
  1 17 for public assistance programs including Medicaid, the family
  1 18 investment program (FIP), the supplemental nutrition assistance
  1 19 program (SNAP), and the child care assistance program. As part
  1 20 of the review, the department shall explore opportunities to
  1 21 join existing pilot efforts in collaboration with other states
  1 22 or to develop a separate pilot effort in Iowa.
  1 23    2.  By December 15, 2017, the department shall report to the
  1 24 governor and the general assembly the process used in reviewing
  1 25 state efforts including pilot programs, the findings from the
  1 26 review including the effectiveness and return on investment of
  1 27 pilot programs and other efforts reviewed, and recommendations
  1 28 for potential opportunities to improve program integrity in
  1 29 Iowa.
  1 30    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 31 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 34 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 35    This bill relates to oversight of public assistance
  2  1 programs. The bill directs the department of human services
  2  2 (DHS) by December 15, 2017, to report to the governor and
  2  3 the general assembly regarding progress on contracting
  2  4 with a third=party vendor to establish an electronic asset,
  2  5 income, and identity eligibility verification system for the
  2  6 purposes of determining or redetermining the eligibility of
  2  7 an individual who is an applicant for or recipient of medical
  2  8 assistance under the Medicaid state plan on the basis of being
  2  9 aged, blind, or disabled.
  2 10    The bill also directs DHS to review state efforts, including
  2 11 pilot programs related to data sharing between states and
  2 12 technology=based solutions designed to curb interstate
  2 13 dual participation, to address program integrity for public
  2 14 assistance programs including Medicaid, the family investment
  2 15 program (FIP), the supplemental nutrition assistance program
  2 16 (SNAP), and the child care assistance program. As part of
  2 17 the review, DHS shall explore opportunities to join existing
  2 18 pilot efforts in collaboration with other states or to develop
  2 19 a separate pilot effort in Iowa. The bill requires DHS by
  2 20 December 15, 2017, to report to the governor and the general
  2 21 assembly the process used in reviewing state efforts including
  2 22 pilot programs, the findings from the review including the
  2 23 effectiveness and return on investment of pilot programs and
  2 24 other efforts reviewed, and recommendations for potential
  2 25 opportunities to improve program integrity in Iowa.
  2 26    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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