422.12M - INCOME TAX FORM -- INDICATION OF DEPENDENT CHILD HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. - Iowa Statutes

422.12M INCOME TAX FORM -- INDICATION OF DEPENDENT CHILD HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. 1. The director shall draft the income tax form to allow beginning with the tax returns for tax year 2008, a person who files an individual or joint income tax return with the department under section 422.13 to indicate the presence or absence of health care coverage for each dependent child for whom an exemption is claimed. 2. Beginning with the income tax return for tax year 2008, a person who files an individual or joint income tax return with the department under section 422.13, may report on the income tax return, in the form required, the presence or absence of health care coverage for each dependent child for whom an exemption is claimed. a. If the taxpayer indicates on the income tax return that a dependent child does not have health care coverage, and the income of the taxpayer's tax return does not exceed the highest level of income eligibility standard for the medical assistance program pursuant to chapter 249A or the hawk-i program pursuant to chapter 514I, the department shall send a notice to the taxpayer indicating that the dependent child may be eligible for the medical assistance program or the hawk-i program and providing information about how to enroll in the programs. b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a taxpayer shall not be subject to a penalty for not providing the information required under this section. c. The department shall consult with the department of human services in developing the tax return form and the information to be provided to tax filers under this section. 3. The department, in cooperation with the department of human services, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section, including rules defining "health care coverage" for the purpose of indicating its presence or absence on the tax form. 4. The department, in cooperation with the department of human services, shall report, annually, to the governor and the general assembly all of the following: a. The number of Iowa families, by income level, claiming the state income tax exemption for dependent children. b. The number of Iowa families, by income level, claiming the state income tax exemption for dependent children who also indicate the presence or absence of health care coverage for the dependent children. c. The effect of the reporting requirements and provision of information requirements under this section on the number and percentage of children in the state who are uninsured.          Section History: Recent Form 2008 Acts, ch 1188, §4 Referred to in § 422.16          Footnotes For future amendments to this section effective July 1, 2010, see 2009 Acts, ch 118, §15, 42