90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026
SF 63: Relating to a hawk-i program purchase option, and including effective date and contingent implementation provisions
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 directs the director of health and human services to seek necessary federal waiver authority to establish a program that allows individuals who meet either of two criteria the option of purchasing coverage through the hawk-i program. The two criteria are: individuals with incomes above the maximum income eligibility limit under the hawk-i program (currently 300 percent of the federal poverty level), and who otherwise meet the hawk-i program eligibility requirements (with the exception of the age limitation of less than years of age); or pregnant individuals who met the age requirement (less than years of age) regardless of whether the individual’s family income meets the maximum income eligibility limit under the program.
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 · 4 for, 0 against
For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Family Planning Council of Iowa; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
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 Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF63