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

HF 948: Relating to public assistance programs, work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program and program review and report

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 relates to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan (IHAWP), public assistance programs, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program and program review and report. DIVISION I. This division requires the department of health and human services (HHS) to request any federal approval necessary to include work requirements as a condition of maintaining eligibility for IHAWP. HHS shall require as a condition of eligibility for IHAWP that a member work at least hours each month.

Sponsors

Health and Human Services committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

The LSA has not received a response to multiple requests for information from the HHS. 4 million in FY 2027.

House subcommittee · named February 25, 2025

  • Rep. Carter F. Nordman (R) · carter.nordman@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Shannon Lundgren (R) · shannon.lundgren@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) · beth.wessel-kroeschell@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 43 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Foundation for Government Accountability Action; Iowa Department of Health and Human Services; National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter; VALOR Iowa

Against: AARP Iowa; American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN); American Diabetes Association; American Heart Association; American Lung Association; Brain Injury Association of Iowa; Disability Rights Iowa; Easterseals Iowa; EveryStep; Family Planning Council of Iowa; Free Clinics of Iowa; Hills and Dales; and 31 more

In plain words

  1. February 25, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee · as HSB 248
  2. February 25, 2025House subcommittee named: Nordman, Lundgren and Wessel-Kroeschell · as HSB 248
  3. February 27, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 248
  4. March 5, 2025Approved by the House committee · as HSB 248
  5. March 5, 2025Committee vote: 12–8 · as HSB 248
  6. March 12, 2025Filed in the House
  7. March 12, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 948 · as HSB 248
  8. March 25, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  9. March 26, 2025Withdrawn

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/HF948