Iowa 2023-2024 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF3

Introduced
1/11/23  
Introduced
1/11/23  

Caption

A bill for an act relating to public assistance program integrity, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 613.)

Impact

The bill seeks to bolster program integrity by requiring regular reviews of recipients' circumstances using various state and federal databases. This entails monitoring changes in death records, employment, residency status, and incarceration. By implementing these provisions, HF3 aims to prevent ineligible individuals from receiving assistance, thereby potentially saving state resources and ensuring that benefits are reserved for eligible citizens. These changes may increase scrutiny on applicants but could lead to a more streamlined and efficient welfare system.

Summary

House File 3 (HF3) introduces a comprehensive reform to public assistance programs in Iowa, primarily concerning the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid. The bill mandates a computerized identity authentication process for applicants to verify their identities before benefits can be awarded. This measure aims to reduce fraud and ensure that assistance reaches those who are truly in need. Additionally, an asset test must be conducted for all household members of SNAP applicants, assessing their financial resources to determine eligibility for benefits.

Contention

Notably, HF3 stipulates that applicants for SNAP must cooperate with child support enforcement as a condition of eligibility. Furthermore, proposals for requiring community engagement activities among Medicaid recipients have raised concerns about accessibility for vulnerable populations. Critics argue that community engagement requirements could impose additional burdens on those already struggling, especially if such requirements are linked to receiving healthcare benefits. As HF3 moves forward, it will likely generate significant debate regarding the balance between integrity and accessibility in public assistance programs.

Companion Bills

IA HF613

Similar To A bill for an act relating to public assistance program integrity, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 3.)

Previously Filed As

IA HF613

A bill for an act relating to public assistance program integrity, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 3.)

IA SF494

A bill for an act relating to public assistance program oversight. (Formerly SSB 1105.) Effective date: 07/01/2023.

IA SSB1105

A bill for an act relating to public assistance program oversight.(See SF 494.)

IA HSB248

A bill for an act relating to appropriations for veterans and health and human services and including other related provisions and appropriations including health policy oversight, public assistance program provisions and a public assistance modernization fund, sprinkler systems for home and community-based services waiver recipient residences, a state-funded family medicine obstetrics fellowship program and fund, adoption subsidy program nonrecurring adoption expenses, real estate transactions involving departmental institutions, providing penalties, and including effective date and other applicability date provisions.(See HF 724.)

IA HF796

A bill for an act relating to the double up food bucks program, the supplemental nutrition assistance program and making appropriations and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 216; See HF 970.)

IA HF724

A bill for an act relating to appropriations for veterans and health and human services and including other related provisions and appropriations including health policy oversight, public assistance program provisions and a public assistance modernization fund, sprinkler systems for home and community-based services waiver recipient residences, a state-funded family medicine obstetrics fellowship program and fund, adoption subsidy program nonrecurring adoption expenses, real estate transactions involving departmental institutions, providing penalties, and including effective date and other applicability date provisions.(Formerly HSB 248.)

IA HF970

A bill for an act relating to the double up food bucks program, the supplemental nutrition assistance program and making appropriations and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 796, HSB 216.)

IA HF427

A bill for an act relating to the health and well-being of children and families including provisions for regional centers of excellence, a state-funded family medicine obstetrical fellowship program, self-administered hormonal contraceptives, maternal support and fatherhood initiatives, adoption expenses under the adoption subsidy program, and accessibility to the all Iowa scholarship program; making appropriations; and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 91.)

IA SF561

A bill for an act relating to appropriations for veterans and health and human services and including other related provisions and appropriations including health policy oversight, public assistance program provisions and a public assistance modernization fund, sprinkler systems for home and community-based services waiver recipient residences, a state-funded family medicine obstetrics fellowship program and fund, adoption subsidy program nonrecurring adoption expenses, real estate transactions involving departmental institutions, providing penalties, and including effective date and other applicability date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1213.) Effective date: 06/01/2023, 07/01/2023.

IA SSB3205

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for veterans and health and human services, including other related provisions and appropriations, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(See SF 2437.)

Similar Bills

IA HF613

A bill for an act relating to public assistance program integrity, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 3.)

KY HB7

AN ACT relating to welfare and family services.

TX SB1751

Relating to improvements to access to health care in this state, including increased access to and scope of coverage under health benefit plans and Medicaid, and to improvements in health outcomes; authorizing an assessment; imposing penalties.

KY SB34

AN ACT relating to the promotion of family well-being and making an appropriation therefor.

NJ A3289

Provides comprehensive Medicaid benefits to certain individuals formerly in foster care.

NJ S1788

Provides comprehensive Medicaid benefits to certain individuals formerly in foster care.

NJ A3575

Provides comprehensive Medicaid benefits to certain individuals formerly in foster care.

CT HB06946

An Act Concerning Husky Programs.