90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 52: Relating to evidence-based maternal and infant home visiting services
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 it does
This bill requires the department of health and human services to engage in a cross-agency collaboration with the department of education to identify and leverage funding sources and opportunities, including Medicaid, to expand evidence-based home visiting services for women and infants that promote healthy pregnancies, positive birth outcomes, and healthy infant growth and development. home visiting services approach for the state. Evidence-based home visiting services shall be available to women prenatally, throughout the pregnancy, and postpartum, and shall include mental and physical health, social, educational, and other services and interventions based upon the risk factors and needs identified.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named January 17, 2023
- Sen. Jeff Edler (R)
- Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 5 for, 0 against
For: Family Planning Council of Iowa; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Iowa ACEs 360; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa; Prevent Child Abuse Iowa
In plain words
- January 11, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
- January 17, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Edler, Costello and Petersen
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF52