Senate File 57 - Introduced SENATE FILE 57 BY PETERSEN , WEINER , TRONE GARRIOTT , CELSI , BOULTON , DOTZLER , JOCHUM , QUIRMBACH , T. TAYLOR , DONAHUE , KNOX , BENNETT , WINCKLER , GIDDENS , BISIGNANO , and WAHLS A BILL FOR An Act relating to the Medicaid extended postpartum coverage 1 option and including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1486XS (5) 90 pf/rh
S.F. 57 Section 1. MEDICAID EXTENDED POSTPARTUM COVERAGE 1 OPTION. The department of health and human services shall 2 submit a Medicaid state plan amendment to the centers for 3 Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department 4 of health and human services for approval of the option 5 to provide twelve months of continuous postpartum coverage 6 under the Medicaid program to pregnant women enrolled in the 7 Medicaid program in accordance with sections 9812 and 9822 8 of the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. No. 9 117-2, as amended by section 5113 of the federal Consolidated 10 Appropriations Act of 2023. 11 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 12 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 Under current federal law, pregnant Medicaid beneficiaries 17 are eligible for at least pregnancy-related services through 18 the end of the month in which the 60-day period beginning on 19 the last day of the pregnancy ends. 20 Provisions of the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 21 (H.R. 1319) provide the option to states to submit a state 22 plan amendment to provide postpartum Medicaid coverage for 12 23 months after the end of a pregnancy for a five-year period. A 24 provision under the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 25 2023 removed the five-year limitation. 26 This bill requires the department of health and human 27 services (HHS) to submit a Medicaid state plan amendment to the 28 centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States 29 department of health and human services for approval of the new 30 option to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage 31 under the Medicaid program to pregnant women enrolled in the 32 Medicaid program. 33 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 34 -1- LSB 1486XS (5) 90 pf/rh 1/ 1