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Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing
Inspects nursing homes, hospitals and restaurants, licenses many professions, and runs the hearings where people appeal state agency decisions. It also houses the State Public Defender, which represents people who can’t afford a lawyer.
Who leads it
Director · Appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Iowa Senate.
Official website
General Fund, FY27 est.
$100.7M
Its budget over time
General Fund appropriations by fiscal year1. Most of the money is for the State Public Defender and court-appointed lawyers.
$100.7M
| Fiscal year | General Fund |
|---|---|
| FY27 est. | $100.7M |
| FY26 | $99.2M |
| FY25 | $98.9M |
| FY24 | $94.5M |
| FY23 | $84.2M |
| FY22 | $82.2M |
| FY21 | $79.5M |
| FY20 | $79.5M |
| FY19 | $75.7M |
| FY18 | $72.3M |
| FY17 | $71.4M |
| FY16 | $71.7M |
| FY15 | $68.7M |
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | General Fund |
|---|---|
| FY27 est. | $100.7M |
| FY26 | $99.2M |
| FY25 | $98.9M |
| FY24 | $94.5M |
| FY23 | $84.2M |
| FY22 | $82.2M |
| FY21 | $79.5M |
| FY20 | $79.5M |
| FY19 | $75.7M |
| FY18 | $72.3M |
| FY17 | $71.4M |
| FY16 | $71.7M |
| FY15 | $68.7M |
Bills that would change its laws
Recent bills that add to, rewrite or repeal the Iowa Code chapters it mainly carries out2: chapter 10A, chapter 135C, chapter 137F.
- HF 2768Relating to and making appropriations for state government administration and regulation, including the department of administrative services, auditor of state, ethics and campaign disclosure board, offices of governor and lieutenant governor, department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, department of insurance and financial services, department of management, Iowa public employees’ retirement system, public information board, department of revenue, secretary of state, treasurer of state, and utilities commissionSigned by Governor
- HF 2767Providing for the sale and distribution of certain food, providing for fees, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session ended
- SF 2479Relating to and making appropriations for state government administration and regulation, including the department of administrative services, auditor of state, ethics and campaign disclosure board, offices of governor and lieutenant governor, department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, department of insurance and financial services, department of management, Iowa public employees’ retirement system, public information board, department of revenue, secretary of state, treasurer of state, and utilities commissionWithdrawn
- HF 2716Relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program; the medical assistance program; the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children; and other public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human servicesDied when the session ended
- SF 2432Eliminating a city’s ability to create a city board of health or a city health department, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session ended
- HF 2680Relating to certified medication aidesSigned by Governor
- SF 2414Relating to automated decision systems used by employersDied when the session ended
- SF 2412Relating to qualifications for state and local government employment and professional licensureDied when the session ended
- HF 2608Relating to qualifications for certain rights and privileges prescribed by the state, including state employment, professional licensure, voter registration, and bail, and making penalties applicableDied when the session ended
- SF 2372Relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directivesWithdrawn
- SF 2366Relating to certified medication aidesWithdrawn
- HF 2503Relating to matters under the purview of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensingDied when the session ended