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HF426 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the provision of durable medical equipment to Medicaid recipients with a permanent disability.

A bill for an act relating to the provision of durable medical equipment to Medicaid recipients with a permanent disability.

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
TUREK
Last action
2025-02-17
Official status
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 336 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the provision of durable medical equipment to Medicaid recipients with a permanent disability.

A bill for an act relating to the provision of durable medical equipment to Medicaid recipients with a permanent disability.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the provision of durable medical equipment to Medicaid recipients with a permanent disability.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-17 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 336 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the provision of durable medical equipment to Medicaid recipients with a permanent disability.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

426

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

426

BY

TUREK

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

provision

of

durable

medical

equipment

1

to

Medicaid

recipients

with

a

permanent

disability.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

MEDICAID

——

RECIPIENT

WITH

PERMANENT

DISABILITY

1

——

DURABLE

MEDICAL

EQUIPMENT.

The

department

of

health

and

2

human

services

shall

contractually

require

that

when

a

Medicaid

3

recipient

has

a

qualifying

disability

as

determined

by

the

4

federal

social

security

administration,

or

is

determined

by

5

the

department

of

health

and

human

services

to

have

a

physical

6

or

mental

impairment

or

combination

of

impairments

that

have

7

lasted

or

are

expected

to

last

for

at

least

twelve

months

or

8

result

in

death,

a

Medicaid

managed

care

organization

shall

9

continue

to

approve

coverage

for

durable

medical

equipment

for

10

which

the

Medicaid

recipient

has

previously

been

approved,

11

if

there

has

been

no

significant

change

in

the

Medicaid

12

recipient’s

condition.

13

EXPLANATION

14

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

15

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

16

This

bill

relates

to

Medicaid

recipients

with

a

permanent

17

disability

and

the

provision

of

durable

medical

equipment.

18

The

bill

directs

the

department

of

health

and

human

services

19

to

contractually

require

a

Medicaid

managed

care

organization

20

to

continue

to

approve

coverage

for

durable

medical

equipment

21

for

which

a

Medicaid

recipient

has

previously

been

approved,

if

22

the

Medicaid

recipient

has

a

permanent

disability

as

described

23

in

the

bill

and

if

there

has

been

no

significant

change

in

the

24

Medicaid

recipient’s

condition.

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