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

HF 2546: Relating to reimbursement of psychiatric intensive inpatient care under the Medicaid program

Signed into law

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.

Sponsors

Appropriations (successor To Hsb 530) committee

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…

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

  1. March 2, 2022Filed in the House
  2. March 7, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. March 15, 2022Passed the House, 96–0
  4. March 16, 2022Arrived in the Senate
  5. May 24, 2022Took the place of SF 2331 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
  6. May 24, 2022Passed the Senate, 45–0
  7. June 3, 2022Sent to the Governor
  8. June 14, 2022Signed into law
  9. June 27, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2546