90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HSB 80: HSB 80

Became HF 265 · Its progress continues under the new number.

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, 2024. 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

See the fiscal note

The HHS reports that initial start-up costs of establishing a new licensing board would require an estimated $149,000 in FY 2024. Of this amount, $94,000 is attributable to database modification costs, $25,000 is for administrative and staffing costs, and $30,…

House subcommittee · named January 24, 2023

Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R) · bobby.kaufmann@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Jane Bloomingdale (R) · jane.bloomingdale@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Monica Kurth (D) · monica.kurth@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 7 for, 7 against

For: Broadlawns Medical Center; Iowa ACEs 360; Iowa Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives; Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Iowa Nurse Practitioners Society; Iowa Nurses Association; VALOR Iowa

Against: American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Genesis Health System; Iowa Chapter-American Academy of Pediatrics; Iowa Hospital Association; Iowa Independent Physician Group; Iowa Medical Society; Wellmark, Inc.

In plain words

January 24, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Ways and Means committee
January 24, 2023House subcommittee named: Kaufmann, Bloomingdale and Kurth
February 8, 2023Approved by the House committee
February 13, 2023Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 265