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

HF 2547: Relating to midwife licensure, providing for fees, and making penalties applicable

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

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.

Senate subcommittee · named March 14, 2022

Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
Sen. Pam Jochum (D)
Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@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

March 2, 2022Filed in the House
March 4, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
March 7, 2022Passed the House, 93–2
March 8, 2022Arrived in the Senate
March 14, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Cournoyer, Jochum and Schultz
March 15, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
March 16, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
March 24, 2022Sent to the Senate State Government committee