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

HF 2291: Relating to midwife licensure, providing for fees, and making penalties applicable

Became HF 2547 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to the practice of midwifery in Iowa. The bill requires a person practicing midwifery in Iowa to obtain a license to practice beginning July 1, 2023. The bill exempts from regulation health care providers providing services consistent with midwifery, members of Native American tribes or Mennonite or Amish communities providing traditional midwife services, persons who gratuitously engage in the practice of the religious tenets of a church or a religious act, student midwives, and persons rendering emergency aid.

Cost

Cost: up to $122,000

4 full-time equivalent (FTE) position. Ongoing costs are anticipated by the IDPH to be $122,000 for every two-year licensing cycle.

House subcommittee · named February 9, 2022

Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R) · bobby.kaufmann@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Jane Bloomingdale (R) · jane.bloomingdale@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Cindy Winckler (D) · cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 10 against

For: Iowa ACEs 360; Kirkwood Institute

Against: Des Moines University; Iowa Academy of Family Physicians; Iowa Hospital Association; Iowa Independent Physician Group; Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association; Medical Associates Clinic and Health Plan; MercyOne; The Iowa Clinic, P.C.; UnityPoint Health; Wellmark, Inc.

In plain words

February 8, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee
February 9, 2022House subcommittee named: Kaufmann, Bloomingdale and Winckler
February 21, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
March 1, 2022Approved by the House committee
March 2, 2022Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2547
March 7, 2022Withdrawn
June 22, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it