Medicaid

90 bills in the 91st General Assembly, newest first.

Who lobbies on these bills

Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council22 for · 3 against
Iowa Mental Health Advocacy18 for · 2 against
Brain Injury Association of Iowa11 for · 4 against
Easterseals Iowa12 for · 3 against
Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council12 for · 3 against
Hills and Dales12 for · 1 against
Iowa Behavioral Health Association (IBHA)11 for · 1 against
Link Associates11 for · 1 against
Exceptional Persons, Inc.11 for · 0 against
Imagine the Possibilities11 for · 0 against
Mosaic11 for · 0 against
Nishna Productions Inc.11 for · 0 against

HF 2782 · Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and 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 flow, and nonreversions; report on nonreversion of moneys; more options for maternal support program; reimbursement rates review; mental diseases exclusion waiver; full-time equivalent dashboard; comprehensive family support program; federal community mental health services block grant; behavioral health expenditure report; opioid settlement fund; emergency rules; graduate medical education; and special population nursing facilities; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisionsSigned with item vetoesJune 2, 2026

SF 2422 · Relating to public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human services, including the supplemental nutrition assistance program, Medicaid, and the Iowa health and wellness plan, and including effective date provisions. Contingent effective date, effective 06/02/2026, 01/01/2027Signed by GovernorJune 2, 2026

SF 2483 · Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and 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; prior appropriations; child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization; commitment or hospitalization of certain persons with mental illness or substance abuse disorders; child abuse prevention; creation of a comprehensive family support program; and repeal of expenditure projections for state child care assistance and adoption subsidy programs; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisionsWithdrawnMay 2, 2026

HSB 777 · Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and 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 flow, and nonreversions; report on nonreversion of moneys; more options for maternal support program; reimbursement rates review; mental diseases exclusion waiver; community health centers reimbursement; full-time equivalent dashboard; comprehensive family support program; federal community mental health services block grant; child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization; commitment or hospitalization of certain persons with substance abuse disorders or mental illness; behavioral health expenditure report; and opioid settlement fund; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisionsRenumbered as HF 2782April 21, 2026

SSB 3192 · Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and 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; prior appropriations; child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization; commitment or hospitalization of certain persons with mental illness or substance abuse disorders; child abuse prevention; creation of a comprehensive family support program; and repeal of expenditure projections for state child care assistance and adoption subsidy programs; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisionsRenumbered as SF 2483April 8, 2026

SF 2202 · Relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective date provisionsWithdrawnApril 1, 2026

HF 2739 · Relating to state finances by modifying the taxes imposed on health maintenance organizations, making transfers from the taxpayer relief fund, making and supplementing appropriations to the department of health and human services, and including effective date, contingent effective date, and retroactive applicability provisions. Contingent effective date, effective 03/25/2026. Applicability date: 01/01/2026Signed by GovernorMarch 25, 2026

SF 2464 · Relating to state finances by modifying the taxes imposed on health maintenance organizations, making transfers from the taxpayer relief fund, making and supplementing appropriations to the department of health and human services, and including effective date, contingent effective date, and retroactive applicability provisionsWithdrawnMarch 24, 2026

HSB 762 · Relating to state finances by modifying the taxes imposed on health maintenance organizations, making transfers from the taxpayer relief fund, making and supplementing appropriations to the department of health and human services, and including effective date, contingent effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisionsRenumbered as HF 2739March 13, 2026

HF 2716 · Relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program; the medical assistance program; the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children; and other public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human servicesDied when the session endedMarch 10, 2026

HSB 759 · Establishing a pilot program in the department of health and human services to refurbish and recondition durable medical equipment purchased under the medical assistance programDied when the session endedMarch 9, 2026

SSB 3182 · Relating to state finances by modifying the taxes imposed on health maintenance organizations, making transfers from the taxpayer relief fund, making and supplementing appropriations to the department of health and human services, and including effective date, contingent effective date, and retroactive applicability provisionsRenumbered as SF 2464March 4, 2026

HF 2641 · Relating to the Medicaid home and community-based services elderly waiver program, including transition planning and assisted living servicesDied when the session endedFebruary 26, 2026

HF 2292 · Directing the department of health and human services to increase the number of inpatient psychiatric beds at each state mental health instituteDied when the session endedFebruary 26, 2026

HF 2518 · Relating to the department of health and human services and reporting requirements for shelter care, residential treatment, and Medicaid provider reimbursement rates, and establishing provider reimbursement rates for Medicaid home and community-based waiver servicesDied when the session endedFebruary 25, 2026

HSB 696 · Relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the medical assistance program, and other public assistance programs under the purview of the department of health and human servicesRenumbered as HF 2716February 24, 2026

HSB 739 · Relating to the Medicaid home and community-based services elderly waiver program, including transition planning and assisted living servicesRenumbered as HF 2641February 19, 2026

SF 2315 · Relating to eligibility for the Medicaid for employed persons with disabilities programDied when the session endedFebruary 19, 2026

SSB 3140 · Relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the medical assistance program, the Iowa health and wellness plan, and other programs under the purview of the department of health and human services and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as SF 2422February 19, 2026

HF 2553 · Establishing a pilot program in the department of health and human services to refurbish and recondition durable medical equipment purchased under the medical assistance programDied when the session endedFebruary 16, 2026

HSB 621 · Relating to reporting requirements for the department of health and human services for shelter care, qualified residential treatment providers, and medical assistance provider reimbursement ratesRenumbered as HF 2518February 16, 2026

HF 2094 · Directing the department of health and human services to increase the number of inpatient psychiatric beds at each state mental health instituteRenumbered as HF 2292February 5, 2026

HF 2264 · Relating to the minimum per hour wage provided to home health aides under the Medicaid program, and making an appropriationDied when the session endedFebruary 3, 2026

HF 2142 · Relating to limitations on activities related to paid claims under the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedJanuary 21, 2026

SF 2048 · Relating to insurance coverage and Medicaid coverage for annual lung cancer screenings for at-risk individualsDied when the session endedJanuary 14, 2026

HF 2053 · Relating to the standardization of claim submission and reimbursement processes of managed care organizationsDied when the session endedJanuary 14, 2026

HF 1049 · 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; sex reassignment surgeries or associated procedures; 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; and a hospital directed payment program; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisionsSigned by GovernorJune 11, 2025

SF 615 · Relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance programs, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program, and including effective date provisionsSigned by GovernorJune 6, 2025

HF 972 · Relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination of several health care-related award, grant, residency, and fellowship programs; establishment of a health care professional incentive program; Medicaid graduate medical education; the health facilities council; and the Iowa health information network, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions. Contingent effective date, effective 05/28/2025, 07/01/2025Signed by GovernorMay 28, 2025

SF 474 · Relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behavioral health evaluations for youth involved in juvenile delinquency and child in need of assistance proceedings; the licensing and certification of certain residential facilities; the provision of home and community-based services and habilitation services to certain youth by residential programs; administration and supervision of juvenile court services; and the suspension of Hawki eligibility for inmates of public institutionsSigned by GovernorMay 19, 2025

SF 649 · 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 provisionsWithdrawnMay 14, 2025

SF 618 · Relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination of several health care-related award, grant, residency, and fellowship programs; establishment of a health care professional incentive program; Medicaid graduate medical education; the health facilities council; and the Iowa health information network, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsWithdrawnMay 13, 2025

HSB 342 · 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; reimbursement rates; 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; autism spectrum disorder; involuntary commitment hearing testimony; discharge of involuntarily committed persons; medical residency and fellowships; maintenance and costs of juvenile homes; and a hospital directed payment program; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisionsRenumbered as HF 1049May 12, 2025

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 provisionsRenumbered as SF 649May 6, 2025

HF 919 · Relating to children’s specialty hospital designations for certain nonprofit organizations, and including effective date provisionsSigned by GovernorMay 1, 2025

HF 984 · Relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behavioral health evaluations for youth involved in juvenile delinquency and child in need of assistance proceedings; the licensing and certification of certain residential facilities; the provision of home and community-based services and habilitation services to certain youth by residential programs; administration and supervision of juvenile court services; and the suspension of Hawki eligibility for inmates of public institutionsWithdrawnApril 22, 2025

HF 833 · Relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behavioral health evaluations for youth involved in involuntary commitment, juvenile delinquency, child in need of assistance, and family in need of assistance proceedings; the licensing and certification of certain residential facilities; the provision of home and community-based services and habilitation services to certain youth by residential programs; administration and supervision of juvenile court services; and the suspension of Hawki eligibility for inmates of public institutionsRenumbered as HF 984April 7, 2025

SF 575 · Relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination of several health care-related award, grant, residency, and fellowship programs; establishment of a health care professional incentive program; Medicaid graduate medical education; the health facilities council; and the Iowa health information network, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as SF 618April 1, 2025

HF 948 · Relating to public assistance programs, work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program and program review and reportWithdrawnMarch 26, 2025

SF 599 · Relating to work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, public assistance programs, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities programRenumbered as SF 615March 24, 2025

HF 754 · Relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination of several health care-related award, grant, residency, and fellowship programs; establishment of a health care professional incentive program; Medicaid graduate medical education; the health facilities council; and the Iowa health information network, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as HF 972March 21, 2025

HF 509 · Relating to Hawki coverage for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder applied behavior analysis services, and the autism support programDied when the session endedMarch 20, 2025

HF 959 · Relating to ventilator-dependent recipients who receive services under the medical assistance programDied when the session endedMarch 13, 2025

HSB 248 · Relating to public assistance programs, work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program and program review and reportRenumbered as HF 948March 12, 2025

HSB 268 · Relating to specialty hospital designations for certain nonprofit organizationsRenumbered as HF 919March 11, 2025

HF 905 · Relating to the establishment of the work without worry program under the medical assistance program for employed individuals with disabilities, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedMarch 10, 2025

HSB 241 · Relating to the establishment of the work without worry program under the medical assistance program for employed individuals with disabilities, and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as HF 905March 10, 2025

HSB 153 · Relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behavioral health evaluations; exemptions from children’s residential facility certification; the director of juvenile court services and chief juvenile court officers; and suspension of Hawki eligibility for public institution inmatesRenumbered as HF 833March 7, 2025

SF 558 · Relating to Medicaid program improvements, making an appropriation, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedMarch 6, 2025

SF 559 · Relating to speech language pathologist assistants and the medical assistance program, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedMarch 6, 2025

SF 552 · Relating to a review of anti-obesity medications by the department of health and human services and the department of administrative services for purposes of the medical assistance program and health insurance plans for state employeesDied when the session endedMarch 6, 2025

HF 808 · Relating to managed care organization chargebacks and third-party auditorsDied when the session endedMarch 6, 2025

HF 815 · Relating to annual automatic increases in Medicaid provider reimbursement ratesDied when the session endedMarch 6, 2025

SF 528 · Relating to the personal needs allowance for residents of certain facilities under the Medicaid program, and providing an appropriationDied when the session endedMarch 5, 2025

SF 530 · Relating to support of direct care services and the direct care workforce, establishing a state minimum hourly wage for direct care workers under the Medicaid program, and including a contingent effective dateDied when the session endedMarch 5, 2025

SF 538 · Establishing a working group on nursing home Medicaid payment recovery following the closure or sale of a nursing homeDied when the session endedMarch 5, 2025

HF 739 · Relating to reimbursement rates under the Medicaid dental wellness plan for adultsDied when the session endedMarch 5, 2025

SSB 1163 · Relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination of several health care-related award, grant, residency, and fellowship programs; establishment of a health care professional incentive program; Medicaid graduate medical education; the health facilities council; and the Iowa health information network, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as SF 575March 5, 2025

SSB 1138 · Relating to a review of anti-obesity medications by the department of health and human services and the department of administrative services for purposes of the medical assistance program and health insurance plans for public employeesRenumbered as SF 552March 5, 2025

HSB 191 · Relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination of several health care-related award, grant, residency, and fellowship programs; establishment of a health care professional incentive program; Medicaid graduate medical education; the health facilities council; and the Iowa health information network, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as HF 754March 5, 2025

SF 501 · Relating to medical assistance program and Hawki program coverage for standard fertility preservation servicesDied when the session endedMarch 4, 2025

SSB 1169 · Relating to nonopioid drugs on the medical assistance preferred drug list, and health carriers’ development of a pain management access planDied when the session endedMarch 4, 2025

SF 484 · Relating to Hawki coverage for applied behavior analysis services including a state plan amendment waiver for the children’s health insurance programDied when the session endedMarch 3, 2025

SF 476 · Relating to the personal needs allowance under the medical assistance programDied when the session endedMarch 3, 2025

SF 478 · Relating to Medicaid and children’s health insurance program coverage for mental health services provided in school-based settingsDied when the session endedMarch 3, 2025

SF 255 · Relating to the personal needs allowance under the medical assistance programRenumbered as SF 476March 3, 2025

HF 701 · Relating to a review of anti-obesity medications by the department of health and human services for purposes of the medical assistance programDied when the session endedFebruary 28, 2025

HF 660 · Relating to coverage of treatment for congenital dental abnormalities under the Medicaid programDied when the session endedFebruary 28, 2025

HF 663 · Relating to provision of the state family planning services under the Medicaid program, and including effective date and repeal provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 28, 2025

HSB 209 · Relating to a review of anti-obesity medications by the department of health and human services for purposes of the medical assistance programRenumbered as HF 701February 28, 2025

HF 607 · Relating to eligibility of pregnant women and infants for the Medicaid programDied when the session endedFebruary 26, 2025

SSB 1120 · Relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behavioral health evaluations; exemptions from children’s residential facility certification; the director of juvenile court services and chief juvenile court officers; and suspension of Hawki eligibility for public institution inmatesRenumbered as SF 474February 26, 2025

SF 433 · Relating to direct acting antiviral medications, including prior authorization requirements, and the Iowa medical assistance drug utilization review commissionDied when the session endedFebruary 25, 2025

SSB 1174 · Relating to the establishment of the work without worry program under the medical assistance program for employed individuals with disabilities, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 25, 2025

SF 417 · Relating to insurance coverage and Medicaid coverage for annual lung cancer screenings for at-risk individualsDied when the session endedFebruary 24, 2025

HSB 151 · Relating to nonopioid drugs on the medical assistance preferred drug list, and health carriers’ development of a pain management access planDied when the session endedFebruary 20, 2025

HSB 122 · Relating to Hawki coverage for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder applied behavior analysis services, the autism support program, and making an appropriationRenumbered as HF 509February 20, 2025

SF 339 · Relating to eligibility of pregnant women and infants for the Medicaid programDied when the session endedFebruary 18, 2025

SF 324 · Relating to provision of the state family planning services under the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 17, 2025

HF 424 · Relating to the establishment of the work without worry program under the medical assistance program for employed individuals with disabilities, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 17, 2025

HF 425 · Relating to reimbursement for the repair of complex rehabilitation technology under the Medicaid programDied when the session endedFebruary 17, 2025

HF 426 · Relating to the provision of durable medical equipment to Medicaid recipients with a permanent disabilityDied when the session endedFebruary 17, 2025

HF 427 · Providing for Medicaid coverage of power standing device equipment on power wheelchairs for Medicaid recipients with a permanent physical disabilityDied when the session endedFebruary 17, 2025

HF 408 · Providing an appropriation to eliminate the current waiting lists for the Medicaid home and community-based services waiversDied when the session endedFebruary 13, 2025

HF 355 · Relating to the establishment of an easy enrollment health care coverage program utilizing the state income tax formDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2025

HF 337 · Relating to reimbursement rates under the Medicaid dental wellness planDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2025

HF 225 · Relating to the personal needs allowance under the medical assistance programDied when the session endedFebruary 6, 2025

SF 131 · Relating to evidence-based maternal and infant home visiting servicesDied when the session endedJanuary 23, 2025

SF 132 · Relating to Medicaid coverage of maternity care including doula careDied when the session endedJanuary 23, 2025

HF 13 · Relating to annual automatic increases in Medicaid provider reimbursement ratesDied when the session endedJanuary 14, 2025