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Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, and providing penalties
Topics:Health careFamilies & human servicesTechnology & privacy
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2026
- 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 People living in nursing homes or their representatives can now use electronic monitoring devices in their rooms. The law sets rules for getting permission from roommates, paying for the equipment, and how to use the recordings. It also explains what happens if someone tries to stop the monitoring or breaks the rules regarding the video.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities. The bill provides that a nursing facility resident or a resident representative may conduct electronic monitoring of the resident’s room through the use of electronic monitoring devices placed in the resident’s room pursuant to the bill. _____ penalties for obstruction of electronic monitoring devices; the dissemination of recordings created through electronic monitoring; the admissibility of evidence created through electronic monitoring; liability and penalties for violations of the bill; resident protections; and reporting requirements. The bill also directs the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing to prescribe the notification and consent form described in the bill and to make the form available on the department’s internet site.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 27, 2026. On January 28, 2026 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
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Lobbying
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 3 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 537 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2317 · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2470 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…90th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
- HF 2317 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · similarCleared committee
- SF 2057 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 378 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2376 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…89th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · nearly identicalCleared committee
- HF 268 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…89th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
- HF 2205 Relating to electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, and providing penalties89th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
- SF 2229 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…88th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
Similar bills this General Assembly
- HF 664 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…91st General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
- SF 2327 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…91st General Assembly · In committeeSimilar
- SF 537 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, a…91st General Assembly · In committeeSimilar
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