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

HF 408: Providing an appropriation to eliminate the current waiting lists for the Medicaid home and community-based services waivers

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 appropriates from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services for FY 2025-2026 an amount sufficient, as calculated by the Medicaid forecasting group, to eliminate the waiting lists as of June 30, 2025, for the Medicaid home and community-based services waivers. The amount appropriated and the number of individuals eliminated from the waiting lists shall be included in the first forecasting report published in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.

Sponsors

Rep. Josh Turek (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 9 for, 0 against

For: Brain Injury Association of Iowa; Easterseals Iowa; Hills and Dales; Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Link Associates; Mindspring Mental Health Alliance; Systems Unlimited, Inc.

In plain words

  1. February 13, 2025Filed 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/HF408