On this page...
Opportunity Summary
Iowa Health and Human Services (HHS, “Agency”) is seeking responses from the vendor community to obtain information about meeting the requirements set forth in 2023 Iowa Acts Senate File 494 (SF 494). In this Request for Information (RFI), the Agency is seeking information about the following:
The Agency is seeking information about solutions for integration of additional Agency benefits programs into the Agency’s existing Iowa Medicaid eligibility system called ELIAS (Eligibility Integrated Application Solution). Information sought includes information about solutions that integrate directly with ELIAS and/or information about a new DDI (Design, Development, and Implement) solution that interfaces with ELIAS. Benefits programs to include in the integration/interface are: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Iowa’s cash assistance program, Family Investment Program (FIP), funded by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
SF 494 requires the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS, “Agency”) to do the following no later than July 1, 2025:
Receive all applications for initial public assistance program benefits and determinations of ongoing recipient eligibility through an electronic system.
Electronically obtain and receive financial and non-financial eligibility data of every member of the applicant’s household utilizing federal, state, and miscellaneous resources prior to determining eligibility.
The Agency wants a single-entry, streamlined, eligibility system that is developed through integration or development of new interfaces that will integrate additional Agency benefit programs into the current eligibility system. The Agency will leverage new technology for automation and higher program integrity which will modernize the eligibility system and make the Agency’s assistance programs more efficient.
The Agency is seeking responses from the vendor community to obtain information about meeting the requirements set forth in 2023 Iowa Acts Senate File 494 (SF 494). In this Request for Information (RFI), the Agency is seeking information about the following:
The Agency is seeking information about solutions for integration of additional Agency benefits programs into the Agency’s existing Iowa Medicaid eligibility system called ELIAS (Eligibility Integrated Application Solution). Information sought includes information about solutions that integrate directly with ELIAS and/or information about a new DDI (Design, Development, and Implement) solution that interfaces with ELIAS. Benefits programs to include in the integration/interface are: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Iowa’s cash assistance program, Family Investment Program (FIP), funded by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
Back to topContact
Mike Nolan
Email: mike.nolan@iowa.gov
Phone: 515-954-5458
Back to top