Bills › 91st General Assembly

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

Topics:Health careFamilies & human servicesTechnology & privacyMedicaid

Same legislation: SF 363, SF 599, HF 948, SF 615

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2025
  3. Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2025
  4. Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 948
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 948 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 948 What’s a funnel?

What changed before it passed The bill as introduced compared with the version both chambers passed.

Amendments · 7

3 adopted · 1 failed. Newest first.

  • S-3059 · filed March 27, 2025 by
    AI summary This amendment adds a requirement for the department of health and human services to review how other states handle the Medicaid program for employed people with disabilities. The department must then submit a report to the general assembly by December 15, 2025, with recommendations on how to expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities under that program.
    Adopted
    May 13, 2025
  • H-1198 · filed March 25, 2025 by
    AI summary This amendment adds a requirement for the department of health and human services to review how other states handle the Medicaid program for employed people with disabilities and submit a report with recommendations to the general assembly by December 15, 2025. It also changes the wording regarding how work requirements are applied to the Iowa health and wellness plan.
    Adopted
    March 26, 2025
  • H-1195Strike everything · filed March 25, 2025 by
    AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and sets a requirement that members of the Iowa health and wellness plan work at least eighty hours each month to keep their benefits. It also establishes a list of specific groups exempt from these work rules, creates an information technology fund, and increases the amount of resources a couple can have to remain eligible for the Medicaid program for employed people with disabilities.
    Amends this HF 948 to CONFORM to SF 615
    Adopted
    March 26, 2025
  • H-1192 · filed March 25, 2025 by
    Page 3, line 31, by striking “MEDICAID FOR EMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES” and inserting “WORK WITHOUT WORRY” (24 changes)
    Ruled out of order
    March 26, 2025
  • H-1182Strike everything · filed March 25, 2025 by
    Replaces the whole bill with new text.
    Ruled not germane
    March 26, 2025
  • H-1180 · filed March 25, 2025 by
    Page 2, by striking lines 16 through 27.
    Ruled out of order
    March 26, 2025
  • S-3054 · filed March 25, 2025 by Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Izaah Knox (D), Sen. Matt Blake (D), Sen. Zach Wahls (D) and 11 more
    Page 2, by striking lines 14 through 24.
    Failed
    March 25, 2025