HF 330: Relating to insurance coverage for covered individuals for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder and including applicability provisions

What it does

This bill relates to insurance coverage for covered individuals for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder (autism). The bill changes the definition of autism under current law to align with the American psychiatric association’s diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Under current law, a group plan established pursuant to Code chapter 509A for employees of the state that provides for third-party payment or prepayment of health, medical, and surgical coverage benefits (coverage) shall provide coverage to covered individuals under years of age for the diagnostic assessment and treatment of autism, and coverage is required in a maximum benefit amount of not more than $36,000 per year.

Senate subcommittee · named March 5, 2025

• Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Kara Warme (R) · kara.warme@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 23 for, 0 against

For: Autism Speaks; Brain Injury Association of Iowa; Easterseals Iowa; Exceptional Persons, Inc.; Hills and Dales; Imagine the Possibilities; Iowa Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives; Iowa Association of Behavior Analysis; Iowa Association of Community Providers; Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Iowa Chapter-American Academy of Pediatrics; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; and 11 more

In plain words

1. February 11, 2025Filed in the House
2. February 20, 2025Passed the House, 92–0
3. February 24, 2025Arrived in the Senate
4. March 5, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Trone Garriott and Warme
5. March 12, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
6. April 2, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
7. April 21, 2025Passed the Senate, 45–0
8. May 19, 2025Sent to the Governor
9. June 11, 2025Signed into law