SF 556: Relating to eligibility requirements for pregnant women, postpartum women, and infants under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children

What it does

This bill relates to eligibility requirements for pregnant women, postpartum women, and infants under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC). The bill requires the department of health and human services (HHS) to submit a request to the food and nutrition service of the United States department of agriculture (USDA) for approval of a waiver to provide, for purposes of WIC, continuous eligibility during a woman’s pregnancy for a pregnant woman whose family income does not exceed 375 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL), months of continuous postpartum eligibility for a postpartum woman whose family income does not exceed 375 percent of the FPL, and months from the date of an infant’s birth of continuous eligibility for an infant whose family income does not exceed 375 percent of the FPL.

Senate subcommittee · named March 10, 2025

• Sen. Mike Klimesh (R) · mike.klimesh@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Des Moines Area Religious Council

In plain words

1. March 6, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
2. March 10, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Klimesh, Costello and Trone Garriott