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

SF 2255: Relating to the application of the certificate of need process only to nursing facilities

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 certificate of need process. The bill eliminates the application of certificate of need requirements to any other institutional health facility or other entity that furnishes new or changed institutional health services with the exception of nursing facilities. The bill amends the definition of “new institutional health service” or “changed institutional health service” to retain services applicable to a nursing facility and eliminates definitions and other provisions no longer necessary to the certificate of need provisions. The bill also makes conforming changes throughout the Code.

Sponsors

Human Resources committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 13 for, 2 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Exceptional Persons, Inc.; Hope Haven Area Development Center; Imagine the Possibilities; Informed Choice Iowa; Iowa Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers; Iowa Independent Physician Group; Medical Associates Clinic and Health Plan; Mosaic; Nishna Productions Inc.; One Vision; The Iowa Clinic, P.C.; and 1 more

Against: Iowa Hospital Association; On With Life, Inc.

In plain words

  1. February 10, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. February 10, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 24, 2022Sent to the Senate Human Resources committee

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/SF2255