Bill Text: IA SF52 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to evidence-based maternal and infant home visiting services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-17 - Subcommittee: Edler, Costello, and Petersen. S.J. 143. [SF52 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF52-Introduced.html
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BY
PETERSEN
,
CELSI
,
DOTZLER
,
JOCHUM
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
KNOX
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
BENNETT
,
WEINER
,
WINCKLER
,
BISIGNANO
,
and
WAHLS
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.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
2
engage
in
a
cross-agency
collaboration
with
the
department
3
of
education
to
identify
and
leverage
funding
sources
and
4
opportunities,
including
Medicaid,
to
expand
evidence-based
5
home
visiting
services
for
women
and
infants
that
promote
6
healthy
pregnancies,
positive
birth
outcomes,
and
healthy
7
infant
growth
and
development.
The
departments
shall
involve
8
key
stakeholders
in
designing
an
evidence-based
home
visiting
9
services
approach
for
the
state
that
maximizes
the
coordination
10
and
integration
of
programs
and
funding
streams,
reduces
11
duplication
of
efforts,
and
ensures
that
the
services
provided
12
meet
federal
evidence-based
criteria.
The
approach
shall
13
ensure
that
evidence-based
home
visiting
services
shall
be
14
available
to
women
prenatally,
throughout
the
pregnancy,
and
15
postpartum,
and
shall
include
mental
and
physical
health,
16
social,
educational,
and
other
services
and
interventions
based
17
upon
the
risk
factors
and
needs
identified.
The
departments
18
may
conduct
a
feasibility
study
to
consider
the
various
19
options
available
to
increase
Medicaid
coverage
and
funding
of
20
evidence-based
home
visiting
services,
either
through
a
state
21
plan
amendment
or
waiver.
The
department
of
health
and
human
22
services
shall
seek
federal
approval
of
any
Medicaid
state
plan
23
amendment
or
waiver
necessary
to
administer
this
section.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
28
services
to
engage
in
a
cross-agency
collaboration
with
the
29
department
of
education
to
identify
and
leverage
funding
30
sources
and
opportunities,
including
Medicaid,
to
expand
31
evidence-based
home
visiting
services
for
women
and
infants
32
that
promote
healthy
pregnancies,
positive
birth
outcomes,
33
and
healthy
infant
growth
and
development.
The
departments
34
shall
involve
key
stakeholders
in
designing
an
evidence-based
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home
visiting
services
approach
for
the
state.
Evidence-based
1
home
visiting
services
shall
be
available
to
women
prenatally,
2
throughout
the
pregnancy,
and
postpartum,
and
shall
include
3
mental
and
physical
health,
social,
educational,
and
other
4
services
and
interventions
based
upon
the
risk
factors
and
5
needs
identified.
The
departments
may
conduct
a
feasibility
6
study
to
consider
the
various
options
available
to
increase
7
Medicaid
coverage
and
funding
of
evidence-based
home
visiting
8
services,
either
through
a
state
plan
amendment
or
waiver.
The
9
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
seek
federal
10
approval
of
any
Medicaid
state
plan
amendment
or
waiver
11
necessary
to
administer
the
bill.
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