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House Health and Human Services

91st General Assembly · 21 members · 188 bills referred in the 91st General Assembly, 78 approved (41%)

Meetings

Nothing scheduled.

Recent meetings (15)
  • Thursday, March 19 · 9:00 AM · Full committee · SF 2422
  • Wednesday, March 11 · 9:00 AM · Full committee
  • Tuesday, March 10 · 8:00 AM · Subcommittee · SF 2422
  • Wednesday, February 18 · 8:30 AM · Subcommittee · cancelled · HSB 729
  • Tuesday, February 17 · 2:30 PM · Full committee · HSB 729, HSB 739, HSB 314, HSB 622, HSB 623, HSB 694
  • Tuesday, February 17 · 12:00 PM · Subcommittee · HF 2262
  • Tuesday, February 17 · 8:30 AM · Subcommittee · HSB 623
  • Monday, February 16 · 12:45 PM · Subcommittee · HF 2438
  • Thursday, February 12 · 12:15 PM · Subcommittee · HF 2368
  • Thursday, February 12 · 12:00 PM · Subcommittee · HSB 694
  • Thursday, February 12 · 9:00 AM · Full committee · HSB 314, HSB 619, HSB 650, HSB 653, HSB 704, HF 2220
  • Thursday, February 12 · 8:30 AM · Subcommittee · HF 2108
  • Thursday, February 12 · 8:30 AM · Subcommittee · HSB 704
  • Wednesday, February 11 · 12:30 PM · Subcommittee · HSB 696
  • Wednesday, February 11 · 8:30 AM · Subcommittee · HSB 622

Bills sent here · 188

Newest first. “Approved” means the committee recommended it to the full House.

  • HF 2731 Establishing the percentage of income payment plan program to be administered by the department of h…
    Referred March 9, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2593 Relating to infant and maternal care at health care facilities
    Referred February 19, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2553 Establishing a pilot program in the department of health and human services to refurbish and recondi…
    Referred February 16, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2552 Exempting cancer care providers from certificate of need requirements
    Referred February 16, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2471 Relating to electronic monitoring device requirements and health care facilities, including health c…
    Referred February 16, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 739 Relating to the Medicaid home and community-based services elderly waiver program, including transit…
    Referred February 12, 2026
    Approved February 17, 2026
  • HF 2438 Relating to health carriers and payment of claims, audits, and standards of conduct; prior authoriza…
    Referred February 12, 2026
    Approved February 17, 2026
  • HF 2426 Adding epinephrine delivery systems to statewide protocols under which pharmacists may order and adm…
    Referred February 12, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2421 Relating to funding of supplemental nutrition assistance program assistance benefits
    Referred February 12, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 729 Relating to certified medication aides
    Referred February 11, 2026
    Approved February 17, 2026
  • HF 2395 Relating to the use of fluoride-based additives in private and public water supply systems
    Referred February 11, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2394 Creating a food bank donation matching fund and making appropriations
    Referred February 11, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 704 Relating to abortions including informed consent, dispensing abortion-inducing drugs, and reporting …
    Referred February 10, 2026
    Approved February 12, 2026
  • HF 2383 Relating to training for health care facility inspectors, and making appropriations
    Referred February 10, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2376 Relating to matters under the purview of the department of health and human services, including the …
    Referred February 10, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2368 Relating to the Iowa medical freedom Act, including limitations on requiring medical interventions b…
    Referred February 10, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 696 Relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the medical assistance program, and other…
    Referred February 9, 2026
    Approved February 17, 2026
  • HSB 695 Relating to self-administered hormonal contraceptives
    Referred February 9, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 694 Relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutrition, medication, and…
    Referred February 9, 2026
    Approved February 17, 2026
  • HF 2315 Relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund
    Referred February 6, 2026
    Approved February 12, 2026
  • HF 2314 Relating to health insurance coverage for specified pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders …
    Referred February 6, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2287 Relating to liability for injuries caused by vaccines
    Referred February 5, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 654 Prohibiting specified provisions in agreements between employers and health care providers relating …
    Referred February 3, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 653 Relating to care facility placement decisions for certain adults
    Referred February 3, 2026
    Approved February 12, 2026
  • HF 2264 Relating to the minimum per hour wage provided to home health aides under the Medicaid program, and …
    Referred February 3, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2263 Requiring the department of health and human services to establish peer-run respite programs
    Referred February 3, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2262 Creating the Iowa our care, our options Act, and providing penalties
    Referred February 3, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2221 Modifying eligibility and participation requirements for the state child care assistance program
    Referred January 30, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2220 Relating to mental health care, including subacute mental health care facility requirements; admissi…
    Referred January 30, 2026
    Approved February 12, 2026
  • HF 2219 Requiring postadoption interviews of adoptive parents and adopted persons by the department of healt…
    Referred January 30, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 650 Relating to licenses to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, and admin…
    Referred January 29, 2026
    Approved February 12, 2026
  • HF 2212 Establishing a state minimum hourly wage for direct care professionals
    Referred January 29, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2205 Relating to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmacists and pr…
    Referred January 29, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 623 Relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and fa…
    Referred January 26, 2026
    Approved February 17, 2026
  • HSB 622 Relating to alignment of delivery of health and human services programs and services, aging and disa…
    Referred January 26, 2026
    Approved February 17, 2026
  • HSB 621 Relating to reporting requirements for the department of health and human services for shelter care,…
    Referred January 26, 2026
    Approved February 10, 2026
  • HSB 620 Relating to collection of accrued interest on unpaid child support by the department of health and h…
    Referred January 26, 2026
    Approved February 10, 2026
  • HSB 619 Creating the Iowa rural health transformation fund and making appropriations
    Referred January 26, 2026
    Approved February 12, 2026
  • HF 2154 Relating to the placement of siblings when custody of the siblings has been transferred to the depar…
    Referred January 26, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 611 Establishing requirements and guidelines for chatbots, making appropriations, and providing civil pe…
    Referred January 22, 2026
    Approved February 10, 2026
  • HSB 605 Relating to requirements for immunization exemption notifications by public health agencies
    Referred January 22, 2026
    Approved February 3, 2026
  • HF 2142 Relating to limitations on activities related to paid claims under the Medicaid program, and includi…
    Referred January 21, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2125 Relating to the use of the titles physician assistant and physician associate
    Referred January 21, 2026
    Approved January 29, 2026
  • HF 2114 Authorizing the parent or legal guardian of a child to have the child committed for substance use or…
    Referred January 21, 2026
    Approved February 10, 2026
  • HSB 591 Establishing the medical spa oversight Act, and making penalties applicable
    Referred January 20, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 590 Requiring the department of health and human services to pay for the costs of a child’s placement in…
    Referred January 20, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2108 Relating to discipline for nurses unable to speak English proficiently
    Referred January 16, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2107 Appropriating moneys to the department of health and human services for the statewide child care sol…
    Referred January 16, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2097 Relating to immunization information requested on a medical examiner report used for investigations
    Referred January 15, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2096 Relating to the disclosure of the prices charged for health services rendered by health care provide…
    Referred January 15, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2095 Requiring the filing of a tax return when child support obligations are delinquent, and providing fo…
    Referred January 15, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2094 Directing the department of health and human services to increase the number of inpatient psychiatri…
    Referred January 15, 2026
    Approved January 29, 2026
  • HF 2093 Relating to a father’s obligation for payment of expenses including those related to a mother’s preg…
    Referred January 15, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2085 Relating to the production and administration of psilocybin and providing penalties
    Referred January 15, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2084 Relating to autologous and directed blood donations at blood banks and hospitals
    Referred January 15, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2083 Requiring the department of health and human services to pay for child care provided to a foster chi…
    Referred January 15, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2072 Relating to the prohibition of noncompete clauses in certain employment contracts entered into by th…
    Referred January 14, 2026
    Approved January 29, 2026
  • HF 2056 Relating to the dispensing of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin through a standing order in the stat…
    Referred January 14, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2055 Relating to epinephrine delivery systems in schools, food establishments, carnivals, recreational ca…
    Referred January 14, 2026
    Approved January 21, 2026
  • HF 2054 Relating to age requirements for an individual to provide child care without supervision
    Referred January 14, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2053 Relating to the standardization of claim submission and reimbursement processes of managed care orga…
    Referred January 14, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2036 Relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents
    Referred January 14, 2026
    Approved February 10, 2026
  • HF 2035 Increasing the reimbursement rates child care providers receive through the state child care assista…
    Referred January 14, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2030 Relating to state child care assistance payments
    Referred January 13, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2011 Relating to the taxation and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products, creatin…
    Referred January 13, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2010 Relating to the advertising of prescription drugs and vaccines and providing civil penalties
    Referred January 13, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2009 Relating to manufacturers and distributors of 340B drugs
    Referred January 13, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2008 Relating to state child care assistance payments to child care providers for days a child receiving …
    Referred January 13, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2007 Establishing a rural emergency response enhancement program, making appropriations, and including ef…
    Referred January 13, 2026
    Not approved
  • HF 2006 Relating to health care coverage of certain nonstate public employees and officials under the state …
    Referred January 13, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 506 Relating to insurance coverage for health care services provided pursuant to a referral by an out-of…
    Referred January 12, 2026
    Approved February 10, 2026
  • HSB 505 Relating to training requirements for the licensure of individual child foster care providers
    Referred January 12, 2026
    Approved January 21, 2026
  • HSB 504 Relating to the elimination of surgical smoke by hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulator…
    Referred January 12, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 503 Relating to adjudication of a child in need of assistance due to the need for treatment of a chemica…
    Referred January 12, 2026
    Approved January 29, 2026
  • HSB 502 Relating to health insurers’ credentialing process
    Referred January 12, 2026
    Not approved
  • HSB 501 Relating to terminology involving a pregnant female
    Referred January 12, 2026
    Approved January 29, 2026
  • HSB 500 Making children of child care workers eligible for the state child care assistance program
    Referred January 12, 2026
    Approved February 10, 2026
  • HF 950 Relating to hemp products and the definition, possession, and allowable forms of medical cannabidiol
    Referred April 3, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 801 Relating to screening children for commercial sexual exploitation in certain circumstances
    Referred April 3, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 775 Relating to medication abortions including required informed consent and the dispensing of abortion-…
    Referred April 3, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 701 Relating to a review of anti-obesity medications by the department of health and human services for …
    Referred April 3, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 699 Relating to drug paraphernalia and drug-checking equipment
    Referred April 3, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 382 Relating to child care center staff requirements for providing flex care to children up to five year…
    Referred April 3, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 379 Relating to medical residency and fellowship positions, and certain medical residency and fellowship…
    Referred April 3, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 301 Requiring the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics to give priority to certain Iowa residents in…
    Referred April 3, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 959 Relating to ventilator-dependent recipients who receive services under the medical assistance progra…
    Referred March 13, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 828 Relating to public disclosures of certain information in the child abuse registry relating to founde…
    Referred March 7, 2025
    Not approved
  • HSB 314 Establishing a medical release program for certain persons committed to the custody of the departmen…
    Referred March 6, 2025
    Approved February 17, 2026
  • HF 815 Relating to annual automatic increases in Medicaid provider reimbursement rates
    Referred March 6, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 814 Relating to a pregnant minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of certain medical care
    Referred March 6, 2025
    Approved February 10, 2026
  • HF 813 Relating to private pay per diem rates at nursing facilities
    Referred March 6, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 739 Relating to reimbursement rates under the Medicaid dental wellness plan for adults
    Referred March 5, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 738 Establishing a centralized accommodation grant program and making appropriations
    Referred March 5, 2025
    Not approved
  • HSB 284 Relating to area agencies on aging, dementia service specialists, and a dementia services coordinato…
    Referred March 4, 2025
    Approved March 5, 2025
  • HF 731 Relating to mold remediation
    Referred March 4, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 708 Relating to health care decisions related to palliative care, hospice programs, life-sustaining proc…
    Referred March 3, 2025
    Approved February 3, 2026
  • HF 664 Relating to the requirements for authorized electronic monitoring in nursing facilities, and providi…
    Referred February 28, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 663 Relating to provision of the state family planning services under the Medicaid program, and includin…
    Referred February 28, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 662 Appropriating moneys to the department of health and human services for refugee resettlement assista…
    Referred February 28, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 661 Relating to child care, including the child and dependent care tax credit, a child care workforce ma…
    Referred February 28, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 660 Relating to coverage of treatment for congenital dental abnormalities under the Medicaid program
    Referred February 28, 2025
    Not approved
  • HSB 268 Relating to specialty hospital designations for certain nonprofit organizations
    Referred February 27, 2025
    Approved March 5, 2025
  • HSB 267 Relating to pediatric palliative care centers
    Referred February 27, 2025
    Approved March 5, 2025
  • HF 608 Relating to county hospital operation of a child care facility
    Referred February 26, 2025
    Approved March 5, 2025
  • HF 607 Relating to eligibility of pregnant women and infants for the Medicaid program
    Referred February 26, 2025
    Not approved
  • HSB 249 Relating to the expansion of the ground emergency medical transportation program
    Referred February 25, 2025
    Approved March 5, 2025
  • HSB 248 Relating to public assistance programs, work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, an …
    Referred February 25, 2025
    Approved March 5, 2025
  • HF 590 Relating to manufacturers and distributors of 340B drugs
    Referred February 25, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 589 Creating the compassion and care for medically challenging pregnancies Act
    Referred February 25, 2025
    Approved March 3, 2025
  • HF 588 Prohibiting the use, manufacture, distribution, and sale of consumer products containing certain che…
    Referred February 25, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 556 Relating to health insurers’ credentialing process
    Referred February 24, 2025
    Approved March 4, 2025
  • HSB 241 Relating to the establishment of the work without worry program under the medical assistance program…
    Referred February 20, 2025
    Approved March 5, 2025
  • HSB 216 Relating to the double up food bucks program, the supplemental nutrition assistance program, includi…
    Referred February 20, 2025
    Approved March 3, 2025
  • HSB 215 Relating to matters under the purview of the department of health and human services, including admi…
    Referred February 20, 2025
    Approved February 26, 2025
  • HF 503 Relating to consumer data protection, and including retroactive applicability provisions
    Referred February 20, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 489 Providing a standing appropriation for pediatric cancer research at the university of Iowa hospitals…
    Referred February 20, 2025
    Not approved
  • HSB 210 Relating to medical malpractice claims, including expert witness certificate of merit affidavits
    Referred February 19, 2025
    Not approved
  • HSB 209 Relating to a review of anti-obesity medications by the department of health and human services for …
    Referred February 19, 2025
    Approved February 26, 2025
  • HF 487 Relating to drug paraphernalia and drug-checking equipment
    Referred February 19, 2025
    Approved February 26, 2025
  • HF 450 Relating to standards for determination of loss or permanent impairment for purposes of permanent pa…
    Referred February 18, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 449 Relating to screening children for commercial sexual exploitation in certain circumstances
    Referred February 18, 2025
    Approved March 3, 2025
  • HSB 191 Relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination …
    Referred February 17, 2025
    Approved February 25, 2025
  • HSB 186 Relating to medication abortions including required informed consent and the dispensing of abortion-…
    Referred February 17, 2025
    Approved February 26, 2025
  • HF 427 Providing for Medicaid coverage of power standing device equipment on power wheelchairs for Medicaid…
    Referred February 17, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 426 Relating to the provision of durable medical equipment to Medicaid recipients with a permanent disab…
    Referred February 17, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 425 Relating to reimbursement for the repair of complex rehabilitation technology under the Medicaid pro…
    Referred February 17, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 424 Relating to the establishment of the work without worry program under the medical assistance program…
    Referred February 17, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 423 Prohibiting certain actions relating to abortifacient drugs in the state, and providing penalties
    Referred February 17, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 412 Relating to unhoused persons participating in the state child care assistance program
    Referred February 13, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 411 Relating to state child care assistance program copayments for unhoused persons
    Referred February 13, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 410 Relating to state child care assistance program reimbursements to certain child care providers
    Referred February 13, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 409 Relating to the licensing of, and granting of clinical privileges to, certain health care profession…
    Referred February 13, 2025
    Approved February 17, 2026
  • HF 408 Providing an appropriation to eliminate the current waiting lists for the Medicaid home and communit…
    Referred February 13, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 364 Relating to a standing appropriation to the department of health and human services to make free rad…
    Referred February 12, 2025
    Approved February 25, 2025
  • HF 355 Relating to the establishment of an easy enrollment health care coverage program utilizing the state…
    Referred February 12, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 346 Relating to state child care assistance for children of certain child care personnel
    Referred February 12, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 345 Relating to state child care assistance family income eligibility requirements
    Referred February 12, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 344 Relating to state child care assistance reimbursement rates
    Referred February 12, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 343 Relating to the reimbursement of child care providers from the child care assistance program
    Referred February 12, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 342 Relating to state child care assistance for children of certain child care personnel
    Referred February 12, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 341 Relating to state child care assistance payments
    Referred February 12, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 340 Relating to the practice of dental assistants without registration by the dental board
    Referred February 12, 2025
    Approved March 3, 2025
  • HF 339 Relating to a licensed sedation provider host permit for a dentist
    Referred February 12, 2025
    Approved February 25, 2025
  • HF 338 Relating to the administration of local anesthesia by dental assistants
    Referred February 12, 2025
    Not approved
  • HF 337 Relating to reimbursement rates under the Medicaid dental wellness plan
    Referred February 12, 2025
    Not approved
  • HSB 153 Relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behaviora…
    Referred February 11, 2025
    Approved February 25, 2025
  • HSB 146 Relating to child placements, including the prioritization of certain persons for child placement an…
    Referred February 11, 2025
    Approved February 25, 2025
  • HSB 145 Relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related to the sta…
    Referred February 11, 2025
    Approved February 25, 2025
  • HF 320 Relating to the right to try Act
    Referred February 11, 2025
    Approved March 3, 2025
  • HF 277 Removing birth centers from the meaning of institutional health facility
    Referred February 10, 2025
    Approved February 18, 2025