Bill Tracker
Realigns the health and human services programs and services, aging and disability services, and volunteer services.
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.
Requires an individual who has been involuntarily committed be referred to an ASO prior to discharge.
Doubles the capacity for inpatient psychiatric treatment at each state mental health institute.
Allows parents, legal guardians, or custodians to commit a minor for substance use or mental health treatment without requiring judicial approval in certain circumstances.
Makes changes to requirements for subacute mental health care facilities.
Revises criminal procedure code to clarify that a lack of recent overt dangerous acts should not be the sole factor in evaluating the risk posed by defendants acquitted due to insanity.
Revises the Iowa Rules of Criminal Procedure regarding commitment hearings following an acquittal based on insanity.
Requires public schools serving grades 7-12 to provide information about the 'Your Life Iowa' program on their websites.
Realigns the health and human services programs and services, aging and disability services, and volunteer services.
Enacts the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact.
Places limits on digital instruction and technology use in schools.
Establishes a working group to examine how school-provided technology affects students' cognitive function and academic performance.
Establishes requirements and guidelines for chatbots to make sure they are not encouraging harm to the people using them.
Sets up a process for continuing appropriations if the Iowa General Assembly does not pass an annual budget by July 1.
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.
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.
Revises criminal procedure code to clarify that a lack of recent overt dangerous acts should not be the sole factor in evaluating the risk posed by defendants acquitted due to insanity.
Revises the Iowa Rules of Criminal Procedure regarding commitment hearings following an acquittal based on insanity.
Creates an individual income tax credit for certain recent graduates of Iowa Board of Regents institutions.
Imposes a new annual tax on endowment values exceeding $500 million for colleges and universities.
Makes changes related to education requirements for certain licensed professions.
Makes it a fraudulent practice to falsely claim academic degrees or credentials for purposes of employment or personal gain.
Prohibits schools from providing any program or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation to students in grades K-12.
Makes significant changes to Iowa's educational requirements
Places limits on digital instruction and technology use in schools.
Prohibits any courses or requirements containing DEI or CRT-related content from being included in undergraduate curricula at regents institutions.
Requires public schools serving grades 7-12 to provide information about the 'Your Life Iowa' program on their websites.
Establishes a working group to examine how school-provided technology affects students' cognitive function and academic performance.
Expands prohibitions on teaching, advocating, or promoting stereotyping and scapegoating based on demographic group membership or identity.
Imposes a 5% cap on indirect costs for all state-funded grants.
Reduces the number of calendar days members of the Iowa General Assembly receive per diem payments while in session, in essence cutting the legislative session in half.
Sets up a process for continuing appropriations if the Iowa General Assembly does not pass an annual budget by July 1.
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.
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.
Creates an individual income tax credit for certain recent graduates of Iowa Board of Regents institutions.
Prohibits noncompete clauses in employment contracts between physicians and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Requires health insurers to offer a special enrollment period for pregnant women.
Creates the Iowa rural health transformation fund.
Amends and expands requirements for health insurance carriers and utilization review organizations.
Establishes a Veterans Recovery Program to fund hyperbaric oxygen treatment for veterans diagnosed with TBI or PTSD.
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.
Creates a state-based health insurance exchange.
Realigns the health and human services programs and services, aging and disability services, and volunteer services.
Makes provisions related to certain rights and privileges, including state employment, professional licensure, voter registration, and bail.
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.
Requires health insurers to offer a special enrollment period for pregnant women.
Amends and expands requirements for health insurance carriers and utilization review organizations.
Creates a state-based health insurance exchange.
Creates the Iowa rural health transformation fund.
Makes changes to public assistance program requirements.
Appropriates supplemental funding for Medicaid for FY25-26 and modifies HMO taxation.
Eliminates the requirement for a 30-day advance notice and preliminary hearing before the Iowa DOT can suspend a driver's license on the grounds of physical or mental incapacity.
Provides enhanced confidentiality for communications between public safety officers and peer support group counselors.
Requires all state entities to verify citizenship of new employees and professional licensing boards to verify applicants' lawful presence in US.
Requires use of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system to verify immigration/citizenship for all public assistance applicants.
Establishes a new Early Childhood and Family Services system under the Department of Health and Human Services.
Makes changes related to education requirements for certain licensed professions.
Makes changes to the administration and regulation of licensed professions.
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.
Creates an individual tax credit for purchasing firearm safety devices.
Creates an individual income tax credit for certain recent graduates of Iowa Board of Regents institutions.
Imposes a new annual tax on endowment values exceeding $500 million for colleges and universities.
Creates an individual income tax credit for certain recent graduates of Iowa Board of Regents institutions.