HSB 500: HSB 500

What it does

_____ Medicaid program.3(1)(h) provides Medicaid eligibility for a woman who while pregnant meets federally required eligibility requirements and continues to meet those requirements, except for income, to receive assistance until days after pregnancy ends. 1319) provide the option to states to submit a state plan amendment, effective for a five-year period, to provide postpartum Medicaid coverage for months after the end of a pregnancy. A provision under the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 removed the five-year limitation period for the state plan amendment.

House subcommittee · named January 8, 2024

• Rep. Devon Wood (R) · devon.wood@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Brooke Boden (R) · brooke.boden@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) · beth.wessel-kroeschell@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 24 for, 0 against

For: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN); Bellin Gundersen Health System, Inc.; Broadlawns Medical Center; CHILDSERVE; Elevance Health, and its Affiliates dba Anthem, Inc.; Iowa Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives; Iowa Association of Rural Health Clinics; Iowa Behavioral Health Association (IBHA); Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa Nurse Practitioners Society; and 12 more

In plain words

1. January 8, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
2. January 8, 2024House subcommittee named: Wood, Boden and Wessel-Kroeschell