§ 514I.1 — Intent of the general assembly

Iowa § 514I.1

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 514I: HEALTHY AND WELL KIDS IN IOWA PROGRAM

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1. It is the intent of the general assembly to provide health care coverage to eligible
children that improves access to preventive, diagnostic, and treatment health services which
result in improved health status using in part resources made available from the passage of
Tit. XXI of the federal Social Security Act.
2. It is the intent of the general assembly that the program be implemented and
administered in compliance with Tit. XXI of the federal Social Security Act. If, as a
condition of receiving federal funds for the program, federal law requires implementation
and administration of the program in a manner not provided in this chapter, during a
period when the general assembly is not in session, the department, with the approval of
the medical assistance advisory council, shall proceed to implement and administer those
provisions, subject to review by the next regular session of the general assembly.
3. It is the intent of the general assembly, recognizing the importance of outreach to the
successfulutilizationoftheprogrambyeligiblechildren,thatwithinthelimitationsoffunding
allowed for outreach and administration expenses, the maximum amount possible be used
for outreach.
4. ItistheintentofthegeneralassemblythattheHawkiprogrambeanintegralpartofthe
continuumofhealthinsurancecoverageandthattheprogrambedevelopedandimplemented
in such a manner as to facilitate movement of families between health insurance providers
and to facilitate the transition of families to private sector health insurance coverage.
5. It is the intent of the general assembly that if federal reauthorization of the state
children’s health insurance program provides sufficient federal allocations to the state and
authorization to cover such children as an option under the state children’s health insurance
program, the department shall expand coverage under the state children’s health insurance
program to cover children with family incomes at or below three hundred percent of the
federal poverty level.