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Creating the Iowa rural health transformation fund and making appropriations
Sponsored by the House Health and Human Services Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 26, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 26, 2026
- Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2026
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2743
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2743 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2743 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa will create a new fund to manage federal money meant for improving healthcare in rural areas. The Department of Health and Human Services will use this money for specific programs and must report to the state legislature every three months about where the money was spent. These reports will show exactly which cities received the funding.1
Read the official explanation
This bill creates the Iowa rural health transformation fund (fund) under the control of the department of health and human services (HHS) consisting of moneys received from the federal rural health transformation program (RHTP). The moneys in the fund are appropriated to HHS for use in accordance with the requirements set forth for the program in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Moneys appropriated to the fund are not subject to reversion and any interest or earnings on moneys in the fund are to be credited to the fund. For so long as moneys are expended from the fund, HHS is required to report to the general assembly every fiscal quarter expenditures from the fund for the preceding fiscal quarter, including identifying by city where within the state moneys have been expended. HHS shall transmit a copy of all financial and performance reports submitted to the center for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services for RHTP pursuant to OBBBA. The bill is repealed October 1, 2032.
House subcommittee
Named February 24, 2026. On March 2, 2026 it recommended amendment and passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: March 2, 2026 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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