Executive Order 50

Signed by Governor Terry E. Branstad on May 2, 1994.

What it does

AI summary This order creates the Iowa Health Reform Transition Team to coordinate the implementation of state health reforms, communicate Iowa's interests to the federal government, and gather input from citizens. The team consists of health care providers, insurers, consumer and business representatives, and directors from the departments of insurance, public health, human services, and management. The team must complete its work by October 30, 1995, at which time this order is repealed.¹

The Legislature’s description: Establishes the Iowa Health Reform Transition Team to coordinate implementation, communicate with the federal government, and continue to inform and receive input from Iowans.

Read the order

WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, EXECUTIVE ORDER 50 health care costs continue to rise at levels twice the rate of inflation and; approximately 250,000 Iowans are currently without health insurance coverage and; Iowa's large elderly population requires increasing access to quality and affordable health care and; Iowa's rural providers and consumers continue to face significant challenges in assuring access to ·quality, affordable health care and; · escalating health care costs create significant impediments to the expansion of Iowa business and industry and; Iowa insurers are a vital industry to our state. ,, 'As such, state government must assure the ability of Iowa insurers to remain competitive in their i .ndustry and; the Clinton Administration and members of Congress are current-ly working toward health reform nationally and; · state government must communicate effectively with the federal government our concens about how proposed national reforms may impact Iowa and; as Governor, in the spring of 1993 I appointed the Iowa Health Reform Council to .develop :r:ecornmendations relating to reform of Iowa's health care system and; based on the Council's recommendations, significant reforms were passed this legislative session in Iowa, including CHMIS, rural provider retention and recruitment, telmedicine, small group insurance reforms, and employer conduit and; . the Iowa Health Reform council included among its :ceconunendations, the establishment of a transition entity to be responsible for overseeing implementation of Iowa's reforms; NOW THEREFORE, I, Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa, hereby create the Iowa Health Reform Transition Team to: coordinate implementation of reform within the state, .communicate. with the federal goverrunent Iowa's interests in health care reform, and .'!·- ATTEST: . - 2 - continue to inform and receive input from Iowans on changes needed in the health care system to assure access to quality, affordable health care for all Iowans. The Transition Team shall be composed of: o 4 health care providers, o 2 insurers, o 5 members interested in health care reform including consumers and representatives of business and labor, o Iowa Commissioner of Insurance, or his/her designee, o Director of Iowa Department of Public Health or his/her designee, o Director of Department of Human Services or his/her designee, o Director of Iowa Department of Management or his/her designee. The Transition Team shall complete its work by October 30, 1995. This Executive Order is hereby ordered repealed on that date. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of Iowa to be affix~d.one at Des Moines this day of f1a.._~ in t e year of our Lor one thousand nine hundred ninety-four. (Q~~~ -.... :.. ·. '-·....-:

From the text in the order’s PDF. Older orders were scanned, so a few words may be garbled; the signed PDF is the official version.

Signed order (PDF)

Printed in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin, XVI, No. 24 (05/25/1994) p. 2309.