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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2035: Increasing the reimbursement rates child care providers receive through the state child care assistance program

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill requires the department of health and human services (HHS) to set half-day reimbursement rates for child care providers participating in the state child care assistance program to the 85th percentile of the 2024 market rate survey conducted by HHS to analyze and evaluate the market rate of child care services throughout the state.

Sponsors

Rep. Brett Barker (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 11 for, 0 against

For: Common Good Iowa; Easterseals Iowa; Iowa Alliance of YMCA's; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa State Association of Counties; Lutheran Services in IA, Inc.; Save the Children Action Network; Systems Unlimited, Inc.; United Way Quad Cities; United Way of Central Iowa; United Ways of Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 14, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HF2035