Relating to the maximum amount of available resources disregarded under the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedApril 11, 2024
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities (MEPD) program. Currently, the income eligibility level requirement for the MEPD program is 250 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The bill increases the income eligibility level to 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. Currently, for the purposes of determining the resources of an individual to meet the eligibility requirements for the MEPD program, a maximum of $10,000 of available resources is disregarded, in addition to any additional resources held in a retirement account, in a medical savings account, or in any other account approved under rules adopted by the department of health and human services (HHS).

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§249A.3

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