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SENATE
FILE
131
BY
PETERSEN
,
BISIGNANO
,
BLAKE
,
WINCKLER
,
STAED
,
DOTZLER
,
CELSI
,
DONAHUE
,
TOWNSEND
,
WAHLS
,
BENNETT
,
and
WEINER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
evidence-based
maternal
and
infant
home
1
visiting
services.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
EVIDENCE-BASED
MATERNAL
AND
INFANT
HOME
VISITING
1
SERVICES.
2
1.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
3
engage
in
a
cross-agency
collaboration
with
the
department
4
of
education
to
identify
and
leverage
funding
sources
and
5
opportunities,
including
Medicaid,
to
expand
evidence-based
6
home
visiting
services
for
women
and
infants
that
promote
7
healthy
pregnancies,
positive
birth
outcomes,
and
healthy
8
infant
growth
and
development.
The
departments
shall
involve
9
key
stakeholders
in
designing
an
evidence-based
home
visiting
10
services
approach
for
the
state
that
maximizes
the
coordination
11
and
integration
of
programs
and
funding
streams,
reduces
12
duplication
of
efforts,
and
ensures
that
the
services
provided
13
meet
federal
evidence-based
criteria.
The
approach
shall
14
ensure
that
evidence-based
home
visiting
services
shall
be
15
available
to
women
prenatally,
throughout
the
pregnancy,
and
16
postpartum,
and
shall
include
mental
and
physical
health,
17
social,
educational,
and
other
services
and
interventions
based
18
upon
the
risk
factors
and
needs
identified.
The
departments
19
may
conduct
a
feasibility
study
to
consider
the
various
20
options
available
to
increase
Medicaid
coverage
and
funding
of
21
evidence-based
home
visiting
services,
either
through
a
state
22
plan
amendment
or
waiver.
The
department
of
health
and
human
23
services
shall
seek
federal
approval
of
any
Medicaid
state
plan
24
amendment
or
waiver
necessary
to
administer
this
section.
25
2.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
26
submit
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
by
July
1,
2026,
27
that
identifies
the
number
of
individuals
who
received
28
evidence-based
home
visiting
services
as
a
result
of
the
29
funding
sources
and
opportunities
identified
and
leveraged
30
pursuant
to
subsection
1.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
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services
to
engage
in
a
cross-agency
collaboration
with
the
1
department
of
education
to
identify
and
leverage
funding
2
sources
and
opportunities,
including
Medicaid,
to
expand
3
evidence-based
home
visiting
services
for
women
and
infants
4
that
promote
healthy
pregnancies,
positive
birth
outcomes,
5
and
healthy
infant
growth
and
development.
The
departments
6
shall
involve
key
stakeholders
in
designing
evidence-based
7
home
visiting
services
for
women
prenatally,
throughout
8
the
pregnancy,
and
postpartum,
and
shall
include
mental
and
9
physical
health,
social,
educational,
and
other
services
and
10
interventions.
The
departments
may
conduct
a
feasibility
study
11
to
consider
options
to
increase
Medicaid
coverage
and
funding
12
of
evidence-based
home
visiting
services,
either
through
a
13
state
plan
amendment
or
waiver.
The
department
of
health
and
14
human
services
shall
seek
federal
approval
of
any
Medicaid
15
state
plan
amendment
or
waiver
necessary
to
administer
the
16
bill.
17
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
submit
18
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
by
July
1,
2026,
with
the
19
number
of
individuals
who
received
evidence-based
home
visiting
20
services
as
a
result
of
the
funding
sources
and
opportunities
21
identified
and
leveraged.
22
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