Iowa 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Iowa Senate Bill SF2137 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/30/2024

                    Senate File 2137 - Introduced   SENATE FILE 2137   BY TRONE GARRIOTT , DONAHUE ,   WAHLS , JOCHUM , PETERSEN ,   BOULTON , WINCKLER ,   T. TAYLOR , WEINER , CELSI ,   DOTZLER , BISIGNANO , KNOX ,   BENNETT , QUIRMBACH , and   GIDDENS   A BILL FOR   An Act relating to provision of the state family planning 1   services under the Medicaid program, and including effective 2   date and repeal provisions. 3   BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4   TLSB 5565XS (3) 90   pf/ko  

  S.F. 2137   DIVISION I 1   IOWA FAMILY PLANNING NETWORK  MEDICAID STATE PLAN AMENDMENT 2   Section 1. IOWA FAMILY PLANNING NETWORK  MEDICAID STATE 3   PLAN AMENDMENT. The department of health and human services 4   shall submit a Medicaid state plan amendment to the centers for 5   Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department 6   of health and human services for approval to establish the Iowa 7   family planning network with the same benefits, eligibility 8   requirements, and other provisions included in the Medicaid 9   Iowa family planning network waiver as approved by the centers 10   for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States 11   department of health and human services in effect on June 30, 12   2017. 13   Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being 14   deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 15   DIVISION II 16   REPEAL OF STATE FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES PROGRAM 17   Sec. 3. REPEAL. Section 217.41B, Code 2024, is repealed. 18   Sec. 4. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. The following takes 19   effect upon receipt of approval by the department of health 20   and human services from the centers for Medicare and Medicaid 21   services of the United States department of health and human 22   services of the Medicaid state plan amendment submitted 23   pursuant to division I of this Act to establish the Iowa family 24   planning network: 25   The section of this division of this Act repealing section 26   217.41B, Code 2024.   27   EXPLANATION 28   The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 29   the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 30   This bill relates to state family planning services. 31   Division I of the bill requires the department of health and 32   human services (HHS) to submit a Medicaid state plan amendment 33   to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United   34   States department of health and human services (CMS) for 35   -1-   LSB 5565XS (3) 90   pf/ko   1/ 2  

  S.F. 2137   approval to establish the Iowa family planning network with the 1   same benefits, eligibility requirements, and other provisions 2   included in the Medicaid Iowa family planning network waiver 3   as approved by CMS in effect on June 30, 2017. The section of 4   division I of the bill requiring submission of the state plan 5   amendment takes effect upon enactment. 6   Division II of the bill repeals the state family planning 7   services program. The repeal of the program takes effect upon 8   receipt of approval by HHS from CMS of the Medicaid state plan 9   amendment establishing the Iowa family planning network. 10   -2-   LSB 5565XS (3) 90   pf/ko   2/ 2