Policy-focused browsing for Iowa legislation.
| Bill | Title | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| HF 2498 |
A bill for an act enacting the interstate podiatric medical licensure compact. (Formerly HF 930 , HSB 291 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | House
|
enacted | Committee On State Government |
| HF 2782 |
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; transfers, cash flow, and nonreversions; report on nonreversion of moneys; more options for maternal support program; reimbursement rates review; mental diseases exclusion waiver; full-time equivalent dashboard; comprehensive family support program; federal community mental health services block grant; behavioral health expenditure report; opioid settlement fund; emergency rules; graduate medical education; and special population nursing facilities; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 777 .) Effective date: 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2025. 91 | House
|
enacted | Committee On Appropriations |
| HF 990 |
A bill for an act relating to the issuance of medical cannabidiol registration cards and licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries. (Formerly HSB 224 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | House
|
enacted | Committee On Ways And Means |
| SF 2422 |
A bill for an act relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human services, including the supplemental nutrition assistance program, Medicaid, and the Iowa health and wellness plan, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 3140 .) Contingent effective date, effective 01/01/2027. 91 | Senate
|
enacted | Committee On Health And Human Services |
| HF 571 |
A bill for an act relating to protections for medical practitioners and health care institutions, including those related to the exercise of conscience, whistleblower activities, and free speech, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 139 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | House
|
enacted | Committee On Judiciary |
| SF 304 |
A bill for an act providing an exception to a minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of medical care or services for a sexually transmitted disease or infection. (Formerly SF 120 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | Senate
|
enacted | Committee On Health And Human Services |
| SF 542 |
A bill for an act relating to the suspension of child support and medical support in certain circumstances. (Formerly SSB 1123 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | Senate
|
enacted | Committee On Judiciary |
| HF 2256 |
A bill for an act exempting a parent’s or legal guardian’s inability to access appropriate behavioral or mental health treatment for their child from the definition of child abuse. (Formerly HSB 503 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | House
|
enacted | Committee On Health And Human Services |
| HF 2305 |
A bill for an act relating to health care decisions related to palliative care, hospice programs, life-sustaining procedures, out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate orders, durable power of attorney for health care, and probate court guardianship reports. (Formerly HF 708 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | House
|
enacted | Committee On Health And Human Services |
| HF 2543 |
A bill for an act relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2220 .) Effective date: 05/02/2026. 91 | House
|
enacted | Committee On Health And Human Services |
| SF 2483 |
A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; prior appropriations; child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization; commitment or hospitalization of certain persons with mental illness or substance abuse disorders; child abuse prevention; creation of a comprehensive family support program; and repeal of expenditure projections for state child care assistance and adoption subsidy programs; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 3192 .) 91 | Senate
|
failed | Committee On Appropriations |
| SF 2496 |
A bill for an act relating to Iowa’s urban renewal law by modifying the division of revenue for certain emergency medical services property tax levies, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 2476 .) Effective date: 05/02/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2026. 91 | Senate
|
enacted | Committee On Ways And Means |
| HF 2523 |
A bill for an act establishing the right of a parent or guardian of a minor child to consent to and authorize certain medical services over the minor child’s objection. (Formerly HF 2114 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | House
|
enacted | Committee On Health And Human Services |
| HF 2280 |
A bill for an act modifying the individual income tax credit for emergency medical services personnel, and including retroactive applicability provisions.(See HF 2778 .) 91 | House
|
failed | Meyer, A |
| HF 2778 |
A bill for an act modifying the individual income tax credit for emergency medical services personnel to include volunteer ambulance drivers, and including retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 2280 .) 91 | House
|
in_committee | Committee On Ways And Means |
| SF 2500 |
A bill for an act relating to townships, including the appointment and duties of township officers, township budgets, and the provision of fire protection and emergency medical services to townships by cities, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2431 , SSB 3009 .) 91 | Senate
|
in_committee | Committee On Ways And Means |
| HF 2434 |
A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for health care services provided pursuant to a referral by an out-of-network primary care provider. (Formerly HSB 506 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | House
|
enacted | Committee On Health And Human Services |
| SF 2476 |
A bill for an act relating to Iowa’s urban renewal law by modifying the division of revenue for certain emergency medical services property tax levies, and including applicability provisions.(See SF 2496 .) 91 | Senate
|
in_committee | Jason Schultz |
| HF 2564 |
A bill for an act relating to a pregnant minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of certain medical care. (Formerly HF 814 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | House
|
enacted | Committee On Health And Human Services |
| SF 2190 |
A bill for an act relating to the use of the titles physician assistant and physician associate. (Formerly SSB 3059 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | Senate
|
enacted | Committee On Health And Human Services |
| SF 2198 |
A bill for an act relating to the authority of an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care. (Formerly SSB 3020 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | Senate
|
enacted | Committee On Judiciary |
| SF 572 |
A bill for an act prohibiting the licensure of certain entities of the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to establish, conduct, or maintain a hospital or health care facility. (Formerly SSB 1186 .) Effective date: 07/01/2026. 91 | Senate
|
enacted | Committee On Commerce |
| SF 2202 |
A bill for an act relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 3083 .) 91 | Senate
|
failed | Committee On Health And Human Services |
| HF 2631 |
A bill for an act relating to a family leave and medical leave insurance program that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and medical leave reasons for eligible employees of specified employers. 91 | House
|
in_committee | Jeff Cooling |
| SF 2150 |
A bill for an act relating to a pregnant minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of certain medical care. 91 | Senate
|
failed | Scott Webster |