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Iowa Psychological Association
Aging Services

Realigns the health and human services programs and services, aging and disability services, and volunteer services.

Senate & House Floors
Alcohol/Drugs/Tobacco

Allows the production and administration of psilocybin for individuals with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Senate Ways & Means Committee

Makes a number of changes to support the Governor's "Healthy Hometowns" initiative, including changes to food assistance (SNAP), requiring medical professionals take nutrition courses, allowing over the counter access to ivermectin, reforming certificate of need, adopting PSYPact, and taxing tobacco/vape/nicotine and consumable hemp products. 

Senate Floor
Behavioral/Mental Health

Requires an individual who has been involuntarily committed be referred to an ASO prior to discharge.

Senate Floor

Allows parents, legal guardians, or custodians to commit a minor for substance use or mental health treatment without requiring judicial approval in certain circumstances.

House Floor, Second Time

Makes changes to requirements for subacute mental health care facilities.

House Floor, Second Time

Revises the Iowa Rules of Criminal Procedure regarding commitment hearings following an acquittal based on insanity.

Sent to Governor

Requires public schools serving grades 7-12 to provide information about the 'Your Life Iowa' program on their websites.

House Floor

Realigns the health and human services programs and services, aging and disability services, and volunteer services.

Senate & House Floors
Broadband/Technology

Creates a legal and regulatory framework for licensing, oversight, and reimbursement of artificial intelligence augmented and autonomous service providers (AAASP) in clinical healthcare settings.

House Appropriations Committee

Establishes a working group to examine how school-provided technology affects students' cognitive function and academic performance.

House Floor

Establishes requirements and guidelines for chatbots to make sure they are not encouraging harm to the people using them.

Senate & House Floors
Budgets

Sets up a process for continuing appropriations if the Iowa General Assembly does not pass an annual budget by July 1. This is an appropriations committee bill, so is exempt from funnel deadlines.

Senate Floor
Senate Appropriations Committee
Childcare/Child Welfare

Expands and clarifies the circumstances under which a child can be adjudicated as in need of assistance due to serious chemical dependency, mental, or behavioral health disorders.

House Floor, Second Time

Clarifies that actions taken to raise, guide, or instruct a child in a manner consistent with the child's sex do not constitute child abuse or child endangerment.

Senate Floor
Civil Rights

Strikes numerous provisions from Iowa law that require or reference affirmative action, race, gender, or citizenship in state employment, contracting, and educational programs.
 

Senate Floor
Crime/Courts

Makes changes to Iowa's human trafficking laws.

Senate Floor

Revises the Iowa Rules of Criminal Procedure regarding commitment hearings following an acquittal based on insanity.

Sent to Governor
Education

Creates an individual income tax credit for certain recent graduates of Iowa Board of Regents institutions.

House Ways & Means Committee

Imposes a new annual tax on endowment values exceeding $500 million for colleges and universities.

House Ways & Means Committee

Makes it a fraudulent practice to falsely claim academic degrees or credentials for purposes of employment or personal gain.

Sent to Governor

Prohibits any courses or requirements containing DEI or CRT-related content from being included in undergraduate curricula at regents institutions.

Senate Floor

Makes significant changes to Iowa's educational requirements

Senate Floor

Requires public schools serving grades 7-12 to provide information about the 'Your Life Iowa' program on their websites.

House Floor

Establishes a working group to examine how school-provided technology affects students' cognitive function and academic performance.

House Floor
Senate Appropriations Committee
Government

Imposes a 5% cap on indirect costs for all state-funded grants.

Senate & House Floors

Creates new procedures for state agencies seeking to apply for or accept high-impact federal grants.

House Appropriations Committee

Sets up a process for continuing appropriations if the Iowa General Assembly does not pass an annual budget by July 1. This is an appropriations committee bill, so is exempt from funnel deadlines.

Senate Floor
Health Care

Gives health care providers and institutions the right not to participate in a health care service that violates the provider's or institution's conscience.

Sent to Governor

Regulates how cost sharing is applied for enrollees in group insurance and accident/health insurance who have health savings accounts and qualified high-deductible health plans.

Senate Floor with Companion

Creates an individual income tax credit for certain recent graduates of Iowa Board of Regents institutions.

House Ways & Means Committee

Prohibits noncompete clauses in employment contracts between physicians and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

House Floor, Second Time

Amends and expands requirements for health insurance carriers and utilization review organizations.

Sent to Governor

Establishes a Veterans Recovery Program to fund hyperbaric oxygen treatment for veterans diagnosed with TBI or PTSD.

House Appropriations Committee

Makes a number of changes to support the Governor's "Healthy Hometowns" initiative, including changes to food assistance (SNAP), requiring medical professionals take nutrition courses, allowing over the counter access to ivermectin, reforming certificate of need, adopting PSYPact, and taxing tobacco/vape/nicotine and consumable hemp products. 

Senate Floor

Makes changes to HMO taxation and makes supplemental appropriations to HHS.

Signed

Creates the Iowa rural health transformation fund. This is an appropriations bill, so is exempt from the funnel deadlines.

Senate Appropriations Committee

Creates a legal and regulatory framework for licensing, oversight, and reimbursement of artificial intelligence augmented and autonomous service providers (AAASP) in clinical healthcare settings.

House Appropriations Committee

Realigns the health and human services programs and services, aging and disability services, and volunteer services.

Senate & House Floors
Immigration/Refugees

Makes provisions related to certain rights and privileges, including state employment, professional licensure, voter registration, and bail.

House Floor with Companion
Insurance

Regulates how cost sharing is applied for enrollees in group insurance and accident/health insurance who have health savings accounts and qualified high-deductible health plans.

Senate Floor with Companion

Amends and expands requirements for health insurance carriers and utilization review organizations.

Sent to Governor
Medicaid

Makes changes to HMO taxation and makes supplemental appropriations to HHS.

Signed

Creates the Iowa rural health transformation fund. This is an appropriations bill, so is exempt from the funnel deadlines.

Senate Appropriations Committee
Other

Requires use of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system to verify immigration/citizenship for all public assistance applicants.

House Floor

Establishes a new Early Childhood and Family Services system under the Department of Health and Human Services.

Senate Appropriations Committee
Professional Licensing/Scope of Practice

Makes changes to the administration and regulation of licensed professions.

House Ways & Means Committee

Makes a number of changes to support the Governor's "Healthy Hometowns" initiative, including changes to food assistance (SNAP), requiring medical professionals take nutrition courses, allowing over the counter access to ivermectin, reforming certificate of need, adopting PSYPact, and taxing tobacco/vape/nicotine and consumable hemp products. 

Senate Floor
Taxes

Creates an individual tax credit for purchasing firearm safety devices.

Senate Ways & Means Committee

Creates an individual income tax credit for certain recent graduates of Iowa Board of Regents institutions.

House Ways & Means Committee

Imposes a new annual tax on endowment values exceeding $500 million for colleges and universities.

House Ways & Means Committee

Makes changes to HMO taxation and makes supplemental appropriations to HHS.

Signed
Workforce

Creates an individual income tax credit for certain recent graduates of Iowa Board of Regents institutions.

House Ways & Means Committee
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