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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Sunday, November 8, 2026

SSB 1237: 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

Became SF 649 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

_____ 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.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named April 29, 2025

  • Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Kara Warme (R) · kara.warme@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 5 against

For: Do No Harm Action; Hills and Dales; Iowa Association of Behavior Analysis; Iowa Behavioral Health Association (IBHA); Iowa County Attorneys Association; LeadingAge Iowa; Link Associates; SafeNetRX

Against: Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church; Iowa Psychological Association; Iowa Safe Schools; League of Women Voters of Iowa

In plain words

  1. April 29, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Appropriations committee
  2. April 29, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Costello, Donahue and Warme
  3. April 30, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. May 6, 2025Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 649

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Sunday, November 8, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SSB1237