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

HF 2220: Relating to mental health care, including subacute mental health care facility requirements; admission to and discharge from a subacute mental health care facility; employment requirements at a subacute mental health care facility; insurance coverage for subacute mental health care; and the establishment of a psychiatric medical institution for children bed tracking system, and providing penalties and including effective date provisions

Became HF 2543 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to mental health care. The bill eliminates the requirement that subacute mental health care (SMHC) must be limited to a period of calendar days unless a longer period of time is adopted by the department of health and human services (HHS). The bill requires an SMHC facility to develop a written treatment care plan with a resident within hours of the resident’s admission to the SMHC facility. The bill prohibits a preauthorization requirement for an individual’s admission to an SMHC facility or for the first consecutive calendar days of a resident’s treatment.

Sponsors

Rep. Ann Meyer (R), Rep. Gary M. Mohr (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 3, 2026

  • Rep. Ann Meyer (R) · ann.meyer@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Craig P. Johnson (R) · craig.johnson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Rob Johnson (D) · rob.johnson@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 10 for, 3 against

For: Easterseals Iowa; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa School Counselors Association; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Mental Health America; National Alliance on Mental Illness - Iowa; United Way Quad Cities

Against: Elevance Health, and its Affiliates dba Anthem, Inc.; Federation of Iowa Insurers; Iowa Total Care, A Subsidiary of Centene Corporation

In plain words

  1. January 30, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
  2. February 3, 2026House subcommittee named: Meyer, A., Johnson, C., Johnson and R
  3. February 10, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. February 12, 2026Approved by the House committee
  5. February 12, 2026Committee vote: 18–0
  6. February 16, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2543
  7. March 9, 2026Withdrawn

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/HF2220