Senate File 70 - Introduced




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                                 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:
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  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  Section 422.12M, Code 2015, is repealed.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.
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