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

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2023
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 26, 2023
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   Done: House committeeMarch 2, 2023
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 9, 202396–0
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   Done: Senate committeeJanuary 30, 2024
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   Done: Passes the SenateApril 16, 202448–0
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   Done: To the GovernorApril 23, 2024
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   Done: Signed into lawMay 8, 2024

Became HF 626 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 626 What’s a funnel?

House subcommittee

Named January 26, 2023. On February 1, 2023 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.

• Rep. Gary M. Mohr REmail
• Rep. Brian Best R
• Rep. Megan L. Srinivas DEmail

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

Fiscal note

House File 626 is estimated to increase the annual cost to the State of Iowa Insurance Plan and the Board of Regents Insurance Plans between $203,000 and $1.7 million, as shown in

• Final Fiscal Note — Prescription Drug Formularies, Preserving Patient Stability · April 17, 2024
• Prescription Drug Formularies, Preserving Patient Stability · March 29, 2023
• Prescription Drug Formularies, Preserving Patient Stability · March 8, 2023

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title; check the text to be sure it’s the same idea.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.

• HF 2199 Relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit…
  89th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
  Cleared committee
• HF 372 Relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit…
  89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 656 · same title
  Cleared committee
• HF 656 Relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit…
  89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2199 · same title
  Cleared committee
• SF 178 Relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit…
  89th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same title
  Cleared committee
• SF 2016 Relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit…
  89th General Assembly · In committee · same title
  Cleared committee
• HF 204 Relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit…
  88th General Assembly · In committee · same title
  Cleared committee
• HF 2089 Relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit…
  88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
  Cleared committee
• HF 2423 Relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit…
  88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
  Cleared committee

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.