HSB 226: HSB 226

What it does

DIVISION I —— MEDICAID EXTENDED POSTPARTUM COVERAGE. _____ last day of the pregnancy ends. 1319) provide the option to states to submit a state plan amendment to provide postpartum Medicaid coverage for months after the end of a pregnancy for a five-year period. A provision under the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 removed the five-year limitation. This division of the bill requires the department of health and human services (HHS) 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.

House subcommittee · named March 8, 2023

• Rep. Shannon Lundgren (R) · shannon.lundgren@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Amy Nielsen (D) · amy.nielsen@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Brent Siegrist (R) · brent.siegrist@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 18 for, 0 against

For: American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; American Heart Association; Association of Early Childhood Iowa Area Boards and Advocates; Blank Childrens Hospital; Broadlawns Medical Center; Delta Dental of Iowa; Elevance Health, and its Affiliates dba Anthem, Inc.; EveryStep; Family Planning Council of Iowa; Genesis Health System; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Chapter-American Academy of Pediatrics; and 6 more

In plain words

1. March 8, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee
2. March 8, 2023House subcommittee named: Lundgren, Nielsen and Siegrist