Bill Text: IA HF607 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to eligibility of pregnant women and infants for the Medicaid program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-26 - Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 438. [HF607 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF607-Introduced.html
House
File
607
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
607
BY
KONFRST
,
R.
JOHNSON
,
MADISON
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
CROKEN
,
KRESSIG
,
ZABNER
,
WILSON
,
BAETH
,
AMOS
JR.
,
KURTH
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
WILBURN
,
SRINIVAS
,
McBURNEY
,
B.
MEYER
,
MATSON
,
WICHTENDAHL
,
GOSA
,
JUDGE
,
COOLING
,
EHLERT
,
and
OLSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
eligibility
of
pregnant
women
and
infants
1
for
the
Medicaid
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
249A.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
l,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
l.
(1)
Is
an
infant
whose
family
income
is
not
more
than
3
two
three
hundred
fifteen
seventy-five
percent
of
the
federal
4
poverty
level,
as
defined
by
the
most
recently
revised
income
5
guidelines
published
by
the
United
States
department
of
health
6
and
human
services.
7
(2)
Is
a
pregnant
woman
whose
family
income
while
pregnant
8
is
at
or
below
two
three
hundred
fifteen
seventy-five
percent
9
of
the
federal
poverty
level,
as
defined
by
the
most
recently
10
revised
poverty
income
guidelines
published
by
the
United
11
States
department
of
health
and
human
services,
if
otherwise
12
eligible.
13
Sec.
2.
MEDICAID
——
PREGNANT
WOMEN
——
CONTINUOUS
POSTPARTUM
14
COVERAGE
——
STATE
PLAN
AMENDMENTS.
The
department
of
health
15
and
human
services
shall
submit
a
Medicaid
state
plan
amendment
16
to
the
centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
17
States
department
of
health
and
human
services
for
approval
in
18
accordance
with
sections
9812
and
9822
of
the
federal
American
19
Rescue
Plan
Act
of
2021,
Pub.
L.
No.
117-2,
as
amended
by
20
section
5113
of
the
federal
Consolidated
Appropriations
Act
21
of
2023,
to
provide
twelve
months
of
continuous
postpartum
22
eligibility
under
the
Medicaid
program
to
a
pregnant
woman
23
whose
family
income
while
pregnant
is
at
or
below
three
hundred
24
seventy-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
for
the
25
household
size,
beginning
January
1,
2026.
The
department
of
26
health
and
human
services
shall
also
submit
a
children’s
health
27
insurance
program
state
plan
amendment
to
the
centers
for
28
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
department
29
of
health
and
human
services
to
update
infant
eligibility
30
consistent
with
the
provisions
of
this
Act,
beginning
January
31
1,
2026.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
amends
provisions
relating
to
income
eligibility
1
levels
for
pregnant
women
and
infants
under
the
Medicaid
2
program.
3
Current
law
provides
that
an
infant
or
a
pregnant
woman
4
whose
family
income
is
not
more
than
215
percent
of
the
federal
5
poverty
level,
if
the
infant
or
woman
is
otherwise
eligible,
is
6
eligible
for
Medicaid.
The
bill
amends
the
income
eligibility
7
level
to
375
percent.
8
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
9
services
(HHS)
to
submit
a
Medicaid
state
plan
amendment
to
the
10
centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
11
department
of
health
and
human
services
(CMS)
for
approval
in
12
accordance
with
the
provisions
in
federal
law
to
provide
12
13
months
of
continuous
postpartum
eligibility
under
the
Medicaid
14
program
to
a
pregnant
woman
whose
family
income
while
pregnant
15
is
at
or
below
375
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
for
16
the
household
size,
beginning
January
1,
2026.
The
bill
also
17
requires
HHS
to
submit
a
children’s
health
insurance
program
18
state
plan
amendment
to
CMS
to
update
infant
eligibility
19
consistent
with
the
provisions
of
the
bill,
beginning
January
20
1,
2026.
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