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Provides for discharge, educational, and workforce credits for defendants on probation.

Makes changes to judicial branch administration.

Increases renewal notice requirement for personal lines insurance policies from 30 days to 60 days.

Allows an ambulance service to transport a person experiencing a mental health crisis to a mental health access center.

Makes changes to HHS processes concerning adoption information sharing, dependent adult abuse, juvenile court records, and mandatory reporter training.

Creates the Opioid Settlement Future Fund and an Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council.

Requires a utilization review organization to respond to a request for a prior authorization within a certain amount of time.

Creates the social work licensure compact.

Allows a person licensed outside the state as a marital and family therapist or mental health counselor to apply for state licensure.

Directs HHS to submit a Medicaid waiver request to provide coverage for certain inmates due to be released.

Requires certain school districts to employ security personnel and authorizes school employees to be issued weapons permits.

Makes changes to the duties of the Iowa Secretary of State in regards to the address confidentiality program and the conduct of elections.

Charges Iowa Department of Education (DE) to oversee AEA operations and changes how AEAs are funded and operate.

Changes property tax assessment limitations for commercial child care facilities.  

Requires health insurance to cover biomarker testing. 

Establishes the behavioral health service system.

Makes changes to organization, structure, and functions of state and local governments.

Proposes a constitutional amendment to set a flat rate for individual income taxes and to require two-thirds approval of both legislative chambers for increasing tax rates.

Appropriates funds from the opioid settlement fund for opioid prevention, treatment, recovery, and infrastructure activities. 

Reduces tax rates for casinos and racetracks.

Makes several provisions related to law enforcement.

Establishes an easy enrollment health care coverage program.

Requires Medicaid MCOs to pay providers 100 percent of items or services for which prior authorization was obtained.

Makes several changes to combat human trafficking, including an annual stakeholder meeting to develop legislative proposals, increase in the statute of limitations for human trafficking of a minor, and allowing video depositions for human trafficking victims of any age.

Makes changes related to the certificate of need process for health facilities.

Repeals gender balance requirements for appointed local and state government boards, councils, commissions.

Expands Medicaid coverage for pregnant women and infants while adjusting the income eligibility levels.

Makes changes to certain HHS reporting requirements.

Requires a criminal defendant to issue a subpoena for documents and evidence through an application to the court.

Makes numerous changes to state boards, commissions, committees, councils, and other state government entities.

Allocates funds from the opioid settlement fund.

The Governor's tax bill.

Adds a narrow window for waiving the civil statute of limitations (SOL) for childhood sexual assault to allow victims to receive compensation under a settlement with the Boy Scouts of America.

Appropriates funding for fiscal year 2025 (July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025) for various state agencies.   

Increases funding for educational programs by $32.6 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024 (FY 2025).  

Appropriates $2.2 billion for health and human services programs (including Medicaid) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024 (FY 2025).  This is an increase of $63.1 million. 

Makes several provisions related to taxes.

Recognizes the term "brain health" in order to combat stigma around mental health and encouraging early treatment and preventative measures for brain-related issues in Iowa.

Eliminates individual income tax.

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