91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 530: Relating to support of direct care services and the direct care workforce, establishing a state minimum hourly wage for direct care workers under the Medicaid program, and including a contingent effective date
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 includes measures to support direct care services and the direct care workforce. DIVISION I. Division I of the bill includes provisions relating to support of the direct care workforce. Beginning January 1, 2027, and each odd-numbered year thereafter, Iowa workforce development shall replicate the survey entitled “Direct Care Workers of Iowa 2019 Wage & Benefit Survey”, released in June 2019, to survey wages and benefits for direct care workers, and publish the results of the survey on Iowa workforce development’s internet site no later than December 15.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named March 11, 2025
- Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Kevin Alons (R) · kevin.alons@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council
In plain words
- March 5, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Workforce committee
- March 11, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Alons and Donahue
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/SF530