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Area Agencies on Aging
Aging Services

Governs the placement of adult patients in care facilities when the patient is unable to consent and does not have an available authorized representative.

Signed

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

Signed
Alcohol/Drugs/Tobacco

Enacts wide-ranging reforms across healthcare, education, and nutrition, including mandatory nutrition/metabolic health continuing education for physicians, required nutrition coursework for medical school graduates, new restrictions on food dyes and additives in school meals and the summer EBT program, over-the-counter access to ivermectin, digital device time limits in elementary schools, reintroduces the Presidential Fitness Test, and Iowa's adoption of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PsyPACT).

Signed
Behavioral/Mental Health

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

Signed
Broadband/Technology

Establishes requirements and guidelines for conversational AI to make sure they are not encouraging harm to the people using them or providing inappropriate content to minors.

Signed
Budgets

Appropriates $2.56 billion to fund various health, veterans, and human services (including Medicaid) for fiscal year 2027, which begins on July 1, 2026. This is a $3.1 million increase. 

Signed / Line-Item Vetoed

Changes standing (automatic) appropriations, makes other appropriations left out of other budgets, fixes mistakes in other bills, and drops in changes that were part of last-minute negotiations.

Signed / Line-Item Vetoed

Allocates $193.6 million from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund (RIIF) and Technology Reinvestment Fund for fiscal year 2027, which begins on July 1, 2026. Money in these funds comes from taxes on gambling.

Signed / Line-Item Vetoed
Consumer Protection

Makes changes to existing laws regarding life insurance, focusing on preventing financial exploitation of eligible adults.

Signed
Health Care

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

Signed

Removes current requirement that a hospice program must provide palliative care to be eligible for a license.

Signed

Enacts wide-ranging reforms across healthcare, education, and nutrition, including mandatory nutrition/metabolic health continuing education for physicians, required nutrition coursework for medical school graduates, new restrictions on food dyes and additives in school meals and the summer EBT program, over-the-counter access to ivermectin, digital device time limits in elementary schools, reintroduces the Presidential Fitness Test, and Iowa's adoption of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PsyPACT).

Signed

Modifies procedures for certifying medication aides.

Signed

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

Signed

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

Signed

Makes changes to an attorney's duty under a health care durable power of attorney.

Signed
Insurance

Prohibits insurance companies from discriminating against living organ donors.

Signed
Medicaid

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

Signed
Other

Makes a number of changes to eligibility for various public assistance programs (FIP, SNAP, Medicaid, childcare assistance), requiring legal status/citizenship checks and aligning changes made in "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (aka HR 1).  Also makes it nearly impossible to end Medicaid managed care. 

Signed
Pharmacy/Prescriptions

Allows individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or have other print disabilities to request and receive accessible prescription drug labels, bag tags, and medical guides from pharmacies.

Signed
Professional Licensing/Scope of Practice

Enacts wide-ranging reforms across healthcare, education, and nutrition, including mandatory nutrition/metabolic health continuing education for physicians, required nutrition coursework for medical school graduates, new restrictions on food dyes and additives in school meals and the summer EBT program, over-the-counter access to ivermectin, digital device time limits in elementary schools, reintroduces the Presidential Fitness Test, and Iowa's adoption of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PsyPACT).

Signed
Taxes

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

Signed

Enacts extensive reforms to Iowa’s property tax and fiscal laws.

Signed
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