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Relating to and making appropriations for veterans and health and human services, and related provisions and appropriations, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, community access and eligibility, health-related programs, reimbursement rates, family well-being and protection, state-operated specialty care, the beer and liquor control fund, and the behavioral health fund, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedApril 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeApril 14, 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 makes appropriations from the general fund of the state to the department of veterans affairs and to the department of health and human services (HHS) for fiscal year 2025-2026. The appropriations from the general fund of the state to the department of veterans affairs include appropriations for administration, the Iowa veterans home, and the home ownership assistance program. The appropriations from the general fund of the state to HHS include appropriations for aging and disability services; behavioral health; public health; community access and eligibility including for child support services; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, the healthy and well kids in Iowa (Hawki) program, and other specified health-related programs including health program operations; reimbursement rates; family well-being and protection including state child care assistance, early intervention and supports, and child protective services; state-operated specialty care; and administration and compliance.
Read the full explanation
The bill also makes appropriations to HHS from the sports wagering receipts fund, the pharmaceutical settlement account, the quality assurance trust fund, and the hospital health care access trust fund. The bill transfers money from the beer and liquor control fund to the behavioral health fund. The bill requires HHS to develop a reimbursement methodology proposal for reimbursement of nursing facilities under the medical assistance program. The bill limits how moneys appropriated to the early childhood Iowa fund shall be used by HHS. The bill includes transfer, cash flow, and nonreversion provisions, and emergency rulemaking authority and reporting requirements.
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 April 14, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
0 for · 0 against · 27 undecided · Who →
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2437 Relating to and making appropriations for veterans and health and human services, includin…90th General Assembly · Withdrawn · similarDidn’t advance
Similar bills this General Assembly
- SF 649 Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the depart…91st General Assembly · WithdrawnVery similar
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.