Iowa Code 514I.3 – Hawk-i program — established
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1. The hawk-i program, a statewide program designed to improve the health of children and to provide health insurance coverage to eligible children on a regional basis which complies with Tit. XXI of the federal Social Security Act, is established and shall be implemented January 1, 1999.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 514I.3
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Department: means the department of human services. See Iowa Code 514I.2
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- Health insurance coverage: means health insurance coverage as defined in 42 U. See Iowa Code 514I.2
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- plan: means health insurance coverage provided by a participating insurer under this chapter. See Iowa Code 514I.2
- program: means the healthy and well kids in Iowa program created in this chapter to provide health insurance coverage to eligible children. See Iowa Code 514I.2
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. Health insurance coverage under the program shall be provided by participating insurers and through qualified child health plans.
3. The department of human services is designated to receive the state and federal funds appropriated or provided for the program, and to submit and maintain the state plan for the program, which is approved by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services.
4. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed or is intended as, or shall imply, a grant of entitlement for services to persons who are eligible for participation in the program based upon eligibility consistent with the requirements of this chapter. Any state obligation to provide services pursuant to this chapter is limited to the extent of the funds appropriated or provided for this chapter.
5. Participating insurers under this chapter are not subject to the requirements of chapters 513B and 513C.
6. Health care coverage provided under this chapter in accordance with Tit. XXI of the federal Social Security Act shall be recognized as prior creditable coverage for the purposes of private individual and group health insurance coverage.