89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 2331: Relating to reimbursement of psychiatric intensive inpatient care under the Medicaid program
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 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, and contingent upon a provider’s compliance with the state’s real-time inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system.
Sponsors
Human Resources 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
- February 17, 2022Filed in the Senate
- February 17, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
- February 21, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
- May 24, 2022Withdrawn
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/SF2331