Bill Text: IA SF81 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to a pilot program to allow Medicaid members to participate in direct primary care agreements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-03-30 - Read first time, referred to Human Resources. H.J. 870. [SF81 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF81-Introduced.html
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GARRETT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
a
pilot
program
to
allow
Medicaid
members
to
1
participate
in
direct
primary
care
agreements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DIRECT
PRIMARY
CARE
AGREEMENTS
——
MEDICAID
1
MEMBERS
——
PILOT
PROGRAM.
The
department
of
human
services
2
shall
develop
and
oversee
a
pilot
program
beginning
January
3
1,
2022,
and
ending
December
31,
2023,
to
allow
Medicaid
4
members
in
specified
categories
to
receive
primary
care
health
5
services,
as
defined
in
section
135N.1,
through
a
direct
6
primary
care
arrangement,
with
the
Iowa
Medicaid
enterprise
7
acting
as
the
third-party
payor
for
such
services
utilizing
8
state-only
funds.
The
eligible
Medicaid
member
categories
9
shall
include
childless
adults
and
pregnant
women.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
human
services
to
14
develop
and
oversee
a
pilot
program
beginning
January
1,
2022,
15
and
ending
December
31,
2023,
to
allow
Medicaid
members
in
16
specified
categories
to
receive
primary
care
health
services
17
through
a
direct
primary
care
arrangement,
with
the
Iowa
18
Medicaid
enterprise
acting
as
the
third-party
payor
for
such
19
services
utilizing
state-only
funds.
The
eligible
Medicaid
20
member
categories
shall
include
childless
adults
and
pregnant
21
women.
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