Relating to insurance coverage for acupuncture

Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2025
Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
Next: Passes the House
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to insurance coverage for acupuncture. concepts that employs oriental medical diagnosis and treatment, and adjunctive therapies and diagnostic techniques, for the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health and the prevention of disease. The bill requires a policy, contract, or plan providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses to offer coverage for acupuncture performed by an acupuncturist.2. “Practice of acupuncture” is also defined in the bill.

Read the full explanation

Coverage required under the bill shall not be less favorable than coverage a health carrier offers for general physical illness. Cost-sharing requirements imposed for coverage required under the bill shall not be less favorable than cost-sharing requirements imposed by a health carrier for general physical illness. “Cost-sharing” is defined in the bill. The bill applies to third-party payment providers enumerated in the bill. The bill specifies the types of specialized health-related insurance which are not subject to the bill. The commissioner of insurance may adopt rules to administer the bill. The bill applies to third-party payment provider contracts, policies, or plans delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2026.9.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Senate subcommittee

Named January 23, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§514C.37

Amends§148E.9

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Lobbying

2 for · 1 against · 2 undecided · Who →

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

Tried before

SF 105Cleared committee90th GA

91st General Assembly

SF 87Cleared committee

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

SF 105 Relating to insurance coverage for acupuncture
90th General Assembly · In committee · same title
Cleared committee

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.