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

HF 656: Relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit plans, and utilization review organizations, and including applicability provisions

Became HF 2199 · Its progress continues under the new number.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

Can’t be estimated

House File 2199 is estimated to increase the annual cost to the State of Iowa Insurance Plan and will increase expenses from State funds used to pay State employees’ health insurance costs. 0% increase in pharmacy costs. The Bill’s provisions for nonmedical sw…

House subcommittee · named January 13, 2022

  • Rep. Thomas Jay Moore (R) · tom.moore@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Dennis Bush (R)
  • Rep. John Forbes (D)

Lobbying · 24 for, 11 against

For: Alliance for Patient Access; American Diabetes Association; American Heart Association; American Lung Association; Blank Childrens Hospital; Brain Injury Alliance of Iowa; CHAIN; CHILDSERVE; Easterseals Iowa; Epilepsy Foundation Iowa; Genentech, Inc., A Member of the Roche Group; IA Mental Health Planning Council; and 12 more

Against: Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM); CVS Health; Elevance Health, and its Affiliates dba Anthem, Inc.; Federation of Iowa Insurers; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Bankers Insurance & Services, Inc.; Iowa Total Care, A Subsidiary of Centene Corporation; National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB /IA); Pharmaceutical Care Management Association; United Healthcare Services, Inc.; Wellmark, Inc.

In plain words

  1. February 23, 2021Filed in the House
  2. March 3, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. April 15, 2021Sent to the House Human Resources committee
  4. January 13, 2022House subcommittee named: Moore, T., Bush and Forbes
  5. January 24, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it
  6. January 27, 2022Approved by the House committee
  7. February 1, 2022Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2199

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/HF656