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

SF 534: Relating to options for long-term care, and making appropriations

Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to options for long-term living and funding of long-term care services. The bill requires the department of health and human services (HHS) to establish a rate structure for reimbursement of the transportation costs of home health care providers by incorporating an increased reimbursement amount for travel time into the per visit reimbursement. The department shall submit a report of the rate structure and the projected cost of application of the reimbursement rate structure to the governor and the general assembly by December 1, 2025.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 10, 2025

  • Sen. Mike Klimesh (R) · mike.klimesh@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Claire Celsi (D)
  • Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council

In plain words

  1. March 5, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
  2. March 10, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Klimesh, Celsi and Costello

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/SF534