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Relating to the office of long-term care ombudsman and making an appropriation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 5, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 11, 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 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would provide extra money to the office that protects the rights and safety of people living in long-term care facilities. This funding allows the state to hire more local representatives to visit these homes and help the residents. These representatives will focus on visiting nursing facilities that have recently changed owners.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates the office of long-term care ombudsman and makes an appropriation. The bill appropriates funds from the general fund of the state to the office of long-term care ombudsman for FY 2025-2026 to be used to increase the number of local long-term care ombudsmen. The funding appropriated is in addition to any other funds appropriated from the general fund of the state and any other full-time equivalent positions authorized for local long-term care ombudsmen during the same fiscal year. The funding shall be used to support local ombudsmen in fulfilling their duties including to provide the resources necessary to complete site visits and to carry out other duties to protect and improve the health, safety, welfare, and rights of residents and tenants. The office of long-term care ombudsman shall use the funding to prioritize site visits of nursing facilities that have changed ownership, especially site visits of those that have transitioned to private equity ownership.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 11, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Lobbying
2 for · 0 against · 0 undecided · Who →
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 200 Relating to the office of the long-term care ombudsman, and making an appropriation89th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
- HF 474 Relating to the office of the long-term care ombudsman, and making an appropriation89th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
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