SF 2082: Relating to Medicaid and children’s health insurance program coverage for mental health services provided in school-based settings

What it does

This bill relates to Medicaid and children’s health insurance program (CHIP) coverage for mental health services provided in school-based settings. The federal Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, enacted in 2022, provided in part for more assistance to states in facilitating Medicaid and CHIP coverage for school-based Medicaid and CHIP services including preventive care, behavioral health, physical and occupational therapy, and disease management. The federal legislation also codified the policy requiring that the services be available to all children enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP, not only to children with an individualized education program or plan.

Senate subcommittee · named January 24, 2024

• Sen. Jeff Edler (R)
• Sen. Julian B. Garrett (R)
• Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 16 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Common Good Iowa; Exceptional Persons, Inc.; Imagine the Possibilities; Iowa ACEs 360; Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council; Iowa Mental Health Advocacy; Iowa State Education Association; Mosaic; National Alliance on Mental Illness - Iowa; Nishna Productions Inc.; One Vision; and 4 more

In plain words

1. January 22, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
2. January 24, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Edler, Garrett and Trone Garriott