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Title 5: Centrally Administered Programs Page 22 Iowa Department of Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter E: Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (hawk-i) Nonfinancial Eligibility Factors Revised July 3, 2009 Residency Residency Legal reference: 441 IAC 86.2(6) The child must be a resident of the state of Iowa. A resident of Iowa is defined as a person: ♦ Who is living in Iowa voluntarily with the intention of making that person’s home in Iowa and not for a temporary purpose; or ♦ Who, at the time of application, is not receiving assistance from another state and: • Who entered Iowa with a job commitment or to seek employment, or • Who is living with parents or guardians who entered Iowa with a job commitment or to seek employment. Uninsured Status Legal reference: 441 IAC 86.2(4) The child must be uninsured to be eligible for the hawk-i program. A child who is currently enrolled in an individual or group health plan is not eligible to participate in the hawk-i program. However, a child who is enrolled in a plan is considered uninsured for purposes of the hawk–i program if: ♦ The plan provides coverage only for a specific disease or service (such as a vision, dental, or cancer policy), or ♦ The child does not have reasonable geographic access to care under that plan. “Reasonable geographic access” means that: • The plan, or an option available under the plan, does not have service area limitations, or • If the plan, or option available under the plan, has service area limitations, the child lives within 30 miles or 30 minutes of a network primary care provider. When the children have reasonable geographic access to the coverage, make a determination of whether the children are otherwise hawk-i-eligible.