Iowa SF 2422: A bill for an act relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human services, including the supplemental nutrition assistance program, Medicaid, and the Iowa health and wellness plan, and including effective date provisions.

Bill Text

Senate
File
2422
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Enrolled

Senate
File
2422

AN
ACT

RELATING
TO
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS
UNDER
THE
PURVIEW
OF

THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES,
INCLUDING
THE

SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM,
MEDICAID,
AND
THE

IOWA
HEALTH
AND
WELLNESS
PLAN,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE

PROVISIONS.

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:

DIVISION
I

PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS
——
VERIFICATION

Senate
File
2422,
p.
2

Section
1.
Section
239.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,

subparagraph
(4),
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:

(4)
Information
maintained
by
the
United
States
citizenship

and
immigration
services
of
the
United
States
department
of

homeland
security
,
including
but
not
limited
to
information

accessible
through
the
systematic
alien
verification
for

entitlements
online
service,
or
successor
federal
verification

system
.

Sec.
2.
Section
239.6,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended

by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:

NEW
PARAGRAPH

.
g.
The
systematic
alien
verification
for

entitlements
online
service
maintained
by
the
United
States

citizenship
and
immigration
services
of
the
United
States

department
of
homeland
security
to
verify
immigration
and

United
States
citizenship
information,
or
successor
federal

verification
system.

DIVISION
II

SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
AND
MEDICAID
——

ELIGIBILITY
AND
ERROR
RATE
REPORTING

Sec.
3.
Section
239.1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the

following
new
subsection:

NEW
SUBSECTION

.
01.
“Alien”
means
any
person
not
a
citizen

or
national
of
the
United
States.

Sec.
4.
Section
239.2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as

follows:

239.2
Supplemental
nutrition
assistance
program
——
income

eligibility.

1.
a.
The
department
shall
establish
the
gross
countable

monthly
income
threshold
for
the
supplemental
nutrition

assistance
program
at
less
than
or
equal
to
one
hundred
sixty

percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
for
the
household
size.

b.

The
department
shall
consider
the
income
and

financial
resources
of
all
household
members
in
determining

the
eligibility
and
benefit
allotment
of
the
household,

including
all
household
members
determined
to
be
ineligible

to
participate
in
SNAP
under
this
section
or
pursuant
to
7

U.S.C.
§2015(f).
Notwithstanding
7
C.F.R.
§273.11(c)(3),
the

individual’s
income,
deductible
expenses,
and
resources
shall

be
counted,
and
none
shall
be
prorated.

Senate
File
2422,
p.
3

c.

Pursuant
to
7
U.S.C.
§2015(f),
an
individual
shall
be

ineligible
to
participate
in
SNAP
unless
the
individual
is
a

resident
of
the
United
States
and
meets
at
least
one
of
the

following
criteria:

(1)
The
individual
is
a
citizen
or
national
of
the
United

States.

(2)

The
individual
is
an
alien
lawfully
admitted
for

permanent
residence
as
an
immigrant,
as
defined
in
8
U.S.C.

§1101(a)(15)
and
1101(a)(20),
excluding
alien
visitors,

tourists,
diplomats,
students,
or
other
individuals
admitted

temporarily
with
no
intention
of
abandoning
their
residence
in

a
foreign
country.

(3)
The
individual
is
an
alien
who
has
been
granted
the

status
of
Cuban
and
Haitian
entrant,
as
defined
in
section

501(e)
of
the
federal
Refugee
Education
Assistance
Act
of
1980,

Pub.
L.
No.
96-422.

(4)
The
individual
lawfully
resides
in
the
United
States
in

accordance
with
a
compact
of
free
association
referred
to
in
8

U.S.C.
§1612(b)(2)(G).

2.
The
department
shall
comply
with
federal
reporting

requirements
relating
to
a
household
member
who
is
determined

to
be
ineligible
to
participate
in
SNAP
pursuant
to
7
C.F.R.

§273.4(b).

Sec.
5.
NEW
SECTION

.
239.12
SNAP
error
rate
——
reporting.

Beginning
with
the
fiscal
quarter
that
starts
on
October

1,
2026,
and
every
fiscal
quarter
thereafter,
within
thirty

calendar
days
of
transmission
of
data
to
the
food
and
nutrition

services
of
the
United
States
department
of
agriculture,
the

department
shall
submit
a
report
to
the
general
assembly

detailing
payment
error
rates
associated
with
SNAP
for
the

immediately
preceding
fiscal
quarter.

DIVISION
III

SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
——
WAIVERS

Sec.
6.
FEDERAL
SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM

——
WAIVER
OF
EXPUNGEMENT
RULES.

1.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall

request
a
waiver
from
the
food
and
nutrition
services
of
the

United
States
department
of
agriculture
to
provide
that,
for

purposes
of
state
administration
of
the
supplemental
nutrition

Senate
File
2422,
p.
4

assistance
program,
expungement
of
benefits
on
a
household’s

electronic
benefit
account
under
7
C.F.R.
§274.2(i)
be

permitted
after
three
months
or
ninety-one
days
of
inactivity,

or
of
benefits
remaining,
on
the
electronic
benefit
account.

2.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall

implement
the
waiver
upon
receipt
of
approval
of
the
waiver

from
the
United
States
department
of
agriculture.

Sec.
7.
FEDERAL
SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM

——
WAIVER
OF
ELIGIBILITY
VERIFICATION
RULES.

1.