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Prohibiting counties and cities from regulating certain behavioral health and human services
Topics:Health careCities & countiesMental health & addiction
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 11, 2024
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Local governments would no longer be allowed to make their own rules or laws about certain mental health and social services that are already overseen by state licensing boards. This change also prevents cities and counties from regulating these services when they are provided by people like professors, clergy, or government employees. However, local officials can still use standard zoning rules to decide where these services can operate.1
Read the official explanation
This bill prohibits counties and cities from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment, or using any other means, to regulate certain behavioral health and human services that are subject to licensing or certification requirements by a board, including behavioral health, psychology, and social work. The bill also prohibits counties and cities from regulating those behavioral health and human services when performed by persons exempt from licensing and certification requirements by a board, including professors, government employees acting within the scope of the position, students and trainees, clergy, and employees or volunteers of nonprofit organizations. The bill does not prohibit county and city regulations consistent with traditional zoning considerations.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 11, 2024. On January 17, 2024 it recommended passage. [].
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
4 written public comments to its subcommittee: January 17, 2024 (4) · on the Legislature’s site
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
4 for · 9 against · 9 undecided · Who →