Bill Tracker
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.
Doubles the number of licensed medical cannabidiol dispensaries and allows residents of other states to hold a patient card.
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.
Exempts situations in which a parent or legal guardian is unable to access appropriate behavioral or mental health care for their child from being classified as child abuse when declaring a "child in need of assistance," provided reasonable attempts have been made to secure such care.
Makes falsely claiming academic degrees, credentials, and professional licensure for purposes of employment or personal gain a fraudulent practice.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from denying coverage for health care services or imposing higher out-of-pocket costs solely because a referral was made by an out-of-network primary care provider.
Allows parents, legal guardians, or custodians to commit a minor for substance use or mental health treatment without requiring judicial approval.
Removes barriers to accessing subacute mental health treatment facilities, adds subacute beds to the psychiatric bed tracking system, and removes restrictive limits.
Revises the Iowa Rules of Criminal Procedure regarding commitment hearings following an acquittal based on insanity.
Updates certificate of need process and regulates health insurance utilization review, whether done internally or through a utilization review organization.
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).
Realigns the health and human services programs and services, aging and disability services, and volunteer services.
Makes changes to HMO taxation and makes supplemental appropriations to HHS.
Appropriates $715.1 million for the public safety, public defense, emergency management, justice, and victim services programs and agencies for fiscal year 2027, which begins July 1, 2026. This is an increase of $12 million.
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.
Appropriates $1.042 billion to the Department for the Blind, Department of Education, Board of Regents, and Department of Workforce Development for fiscal year 2027, which begins July 1, 2026. This is an increase of $10.5 million.
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.
Mandates use of federal e-verify and SAVE systems for employment and professional licensure eligibility verification across multiple sectors, including education, public employment, and professional licensing.
Makes several provisions related to gambling and specialized pediatric palliative residential care facilities.
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.
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.
Makes changes to administrative rules relating to uniform rules on agency procedures.
Makes changes related to taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine and vape products.
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.
Establishes a new Early Childhood and Family Services system under the Department of Health and Human Services.