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Relating to the Medicaid extended postpartum coverage option
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 18, 2022
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would ask the federal government for permission to extend Medicaid coverage for pregnant women after they give birth. This change would allow women enrolled in Medicaid to receive continuous healthcare for several months following their pregnancy.1
Read the official explanation
Under current federal law, pregnant Medicaid beneficiaries are eligible for at least pregnancy-related services through the end of the month in which the 60-day period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy ends. 1319) enacting section 1902(e)(16) of the Social Security Act provides the option to states to submit a state plan amendment to provide postpartum Medicaid coverage for months after the end of a pregnancy. This bill requires the department of human services (DHS) to submit a Medicaid state plan amendment to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services for approval of the new option to provide months of continuous postpartum coverage under the Medicaid program to pregnant women enrolled in the Medicaid program, beginning April 1, 2022. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 18, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Lobbying
10 for · 0 against · 3 undecided · Who →
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