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A bill for an act relating to provision of the state family planning services under the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisions.

A bill for an act relating to provision of the state family planning services under the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisions.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
TRONE GARRIOTT, DONAHUE, ZIMMER and PETERSEN
Last action
2025-02-20
Official status
Subcommittee: Klimesh, Costello, and Trone Garriott. S.J. 327 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to provision of the state family planning services under the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisions.

A bill for an act relating to provision of the state family planning services under the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisions.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to provision of the state family planning services under the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisions.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Klimesh, Costello, and Trone Garriott. S.J. 327 .

  2. 2025-02-17 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. S.J. 278 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to provision of the state family planning services under the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisions.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

324

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

324

BY

TRONE

GARRIOTT

,

DONAHUE

,

ZIMMER

,

and

PETERSEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

provision

of

the

state

family

planning

1

services

under

the

Medicaid

program,

and

including

effective

2

date

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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DIVISION

I

1

IOWA

FAMILY

PLANNING

NETWORK

——

MEDICAID

STATE

PLAN

AMENDMENT

2

Section

1.

IOWA

FAMILY

PLANNING

NETWORK

——

MEDICAID

STATE

3

PLAN

AMENDMENT.

4

1.

The

department

of

health

and

human

services

shall

submit

5

a

Medicaid

state

plan

amendment

to

the

centers

for

Medicare

6

and

Medicaid

services

of

the

United

States

department

of

7

health

and

human

services

for

approval

to

establish

the

Iowa

8

family

planning

network

with

the

same

benefits,

eligibility

9

requirements,

and

other

provisions

included

in

the

Medicaid

10

Iowa

family

planning

network

waiver

as

approved

by

the

centers

11

for

Medicare

and

Medicaid

services

of

the

United

States

12

department

of

health

and

human

services

in

effect

on

June

30,

13

2017.

14

2.

Subject

to

an

appropriation

by

the

general

assembly

for

15

the

purposes

of

this

section,

the

department

of

health

and

16

human

services

shall

adopt

rules

pursuant

to

chapter

17A

to

17

allow

additional

moneys

to

be

allocated

to

locations

identified

18

as

having

increased

rates

of

sexually

transmitted

infections

to

19

increase

awareness

of

the

Iowa

family

planning

network

and

the

20

network’s

services.

21

Sec.

2.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

division

of

this

Act,

being

22

deemed

of

immediate

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

23

DIVISION

II

24

REPEAL

OF

STATE

FAMILY

PLANNING

SERVICES

PROGRAM

25

Sec.

3.

REPEAL.

Section

217.41B,

Code

2025,

is

repealed.

26

Sec.

4.

CONTINGENT

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

27

1.

The

following

takes

effect

upon

receipt

of

approval

by

28

the

department

of

health

and

human

services

from

the

centers

29

for

Medicare

and

Medicaid

services

of

the

United

States

30

department

of

health

and

human

services

of

the

Medicaid

state

31

plan

amendment

submitted

pursuant

to

division

I

of

this

Act

to

32

establish

the

Iowa

family

planning

network:

the

section

of

33

this

division

of

this

Act

repealing

section

217.41B,

Code

2025.

34

2.

Upon

the

receipt

of

approval

as

described

in

subsection

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1,

the

department

of

health

and

human

services

shall

notify

the

1

Code

editor

of

the

date

of

receipt

of

the

approval.

2

EXPLANATION

3

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

4

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

5

This

bill

relates

to

state

family

planning

services.

6

Division

I

of

the

bill

requires

the

department

of

health

and

7

human

services

(HHS)

to

submit

a

Medicaid

state

plan

amendment

8

to

the

centers

for

Medicare

and

Medicaid

services

of

the

United

9

States

department

of

health

and

human

services

(CMS)

for

10

approval

to

establish

the

Iowa

family

planning

network

with

the

11

same

benefits,

eligibility

requirements,

and

other

provisions

12

included

in

the

Medicaid

Iowa

family

planning

network

waiver

13

as

approved

by

CMS

in

effect

on

June

30,

2017.

Subject

to

14

an

appropriation

by

the

general

assembly,

HHS

is

required

to

15

adopt

rules

to

allocate

moneys

to

increase

awareness

of

the

16

family

planning

network

and

the

network’s

services

to

locations

17

identified

as

having

increased

rates

of

sexually

transmitted

18

infections.

Division

I

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

19

Division

II

of

the

bill

repeals

the

state

family

planning

20

services

program.

The

repeal

of

the

program

takes

effect

upon

21

receipt

of

approval

by

HHS

from

CMS

of

the

Medicaid

state

plan

22

amendment

establishing

the

Iowa

family

planning

network.

HHS

23

shall

notify

the

Code

editor

of

the

date

approval

is

received

24

from

CMS.

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