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Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, and related provisions and appropriations, including aging and disability services; behavioral health, public health, community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; transfers, cash flows, and nonreversions; prior appropriations; the beer and liquor control fund, and the behavioral health fund; report on nonreversion of moneys; emergency rules; more options for maternal support program; and a hospital directed payment program; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedApril 29, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeApril 29, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeMay 6, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateMay 14, 202531–15
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseMay 13, 202563–28
- Done: To the GovernorMay 22, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawJune 11, 2025
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What’s in it
_____ 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; 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 requires HHS to establish a work group to make recommendations for a forecasting formula (formula) related to the future demand for nursing facility beds. HHS shall use the work group’s recommendations to develop and implement a forecasting formula. HHS shall consider the formula to complete the formal review of an application for a certificate of need. The bill limits how moneys appropriated to the early childhood Iowa fund shall be used by HHS. _____ support program, and requires that HHS administer the program. The bill requires HHS to submit documentation to the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid services for approval to administer a hospital directed payment program. Upon receipt of approval, the bill permits HHS to administer a hospital directed payment program. HHS may impose an assessment on a hospital. The bill includes transfer, cash flow, and nonreversion provisions, emergency rulemaking authority, and reporting requirements.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendment S-3158; see Amendments. Full bill text · What changed before it passed
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Named April 29, 2025. On April 30, 2025 it recommended passage.
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