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

SF 536: Relating to the office of long-term care ombudsman and making an appropriation

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 the office of long-term care ombudsman and makes an appropriation. The bill appropriates funds from the general fund of the state to the office of long-term care ombudsman for FY 2025-2026 to be used to increase the number of local long-term care ombudsmen. The funding appropriated is in addition to any other funds appropriated from the general fund of the state and any other full-time equivalent positions authorized for local long-term care ombudsmen during the same fiscal year.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 11, 2025

  • Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Matt Blake (D) · matt.blake@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; State Long-Term Care Ombudsman

In plain words

  1. March 5, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Appropriations committee
  2. March 11, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Zumbach, Blake and Costello

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SF536