Bill Text: IA SF70 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act repealing a requirement that taxpayers indicate on their tax returns the presence or absence of health care coverage for their dependent children and apply for certain public health care coverage, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-26 - Introduced, referred to Ways & Means. S.J. 147. [SF70 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF70-Introduced.html
Senate File 70 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY FEENSTRA A BILL FOR 1 An Act repealing a requirement that taxpayers indicate on their 2 tax returns the presence or absence of health care coverage 3 for their dependent children and apply for certain public 4 health care coverage, and including effective date and 5 retroactive applicability provisions. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1890XS (2) 86 av/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. REPEAL. Section 422.12M, Code 2015, is repealed. 1 2 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 1 3 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 4 Sec. 3. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 1 5 retroactively to January 1, 2015, for tax years beginning on 1 6 or after that date. 1 7 EXPLANATION 1 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 9 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 10 This bill repeals Code section 422.12M, which requires 1 11 taxpayers to indicate on their tax returns the presence or 1 12 absence of health care coverage for their dependent children 1 13 and to apply for Medicaid or the hawk=i program if they meet 1 14 certain income eligibility standards. The bill is effective 1 15 upon enactment and applies retroactively to January 1, 2015, 1 16 for tax years beginning on or after that date. LSB 1890XS (2) 86 av/sc
