89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2125: Relating to reimbursement of psychiatric intensive inpatient care under the Medicaid program

Became HF 2546 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill requires the department of human services, no later than January 1, 2023, to implement a tiered rate reimbursement methodology for psychiatric intensive inpatient care under the Medicaid program based on the level of patient acuity and other factors as recommended in the inpatient bed tracking study committee report submitted to the governor and the general assembly on December 1, 2021.

Cost

Cost: up to $50,000

House File 2546 is estimated to cost $50,000 in FY 2023 due to the administrative costs associated with contracting with a vendor to develop a new tiered rate methodology. There is no fiscal impact related to the new tiered rate methodology because the DHS wil…

House subcommittee · named February 8, 2022

Rep. Joel Fry (R)
Rep. Timi Brown-Powers (D) · timi.brown-powers@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Ann Meyer (R) · ann.meyer@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 18 for, 0 against

For: Broadlawns Medical Center; Full Circle Services, Inc.; Honey Badger Humanitarian Assocation; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Iowa Association of Area Agencies on Aging; Iowa Association of Community Providers; Iowa Behavioral Health Association (IBHA); Iowa Psychiatric Physicians Society; Iowa School Mental Health Alliance; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa; and 6 more

In plain words

January 26, 2022Filed in the House
January 26, 2022Sent to the House Appropriations committee
January 27, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
February 8, 2022House subcommittee named: Fry, Brown-Powers, Meyer and A
February 24, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it
March 1, 2022Approved by the House committee
March 2, 2022Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2546
March 15, 2022Withdrawn