2009 Iowa Code
Title 13 - Commerce
Subtitle 1 - Insurance and Related Regulation
CHAPTER 514I - HEALTHY AND WELL KIDS IN IOWA PROGRAM
514I.3 - HAWK-I PROGRAM -- ESTABLISHED.

        514I.3  HAWK-I PROGRAM -- ESTABLISHED.
         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.
         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.  

         98 Acts, ch 1196, §4, 16; 2002 Acts, ch 1050, §45; 2003 Acts, ch
      108, §131; 2009 Acts, ch 118, §25