Healthcare laws and bills in Iowa

Every bill in the Iowa Legislature that falls inside the Healthcare Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope: 215bills in scope
Past committee: 119past committee
Most recent action: 2 June 2026most recent action

Healthcare laws enacted in Iowa in 2026

The 21 most recent Healthcare bills enacted in Iowa this year are below, the latest with a last action on 2 June 2026. They lead the list below.

Healthcare bills in Iowa

38Enacted

1Cleared both chambers

80Past committee

96Introduced or inactive

215 bills in scope

Enacted

25 of 38 shown

HF 2498A bill for an act enacting the interstate podiatric medical licensure compact.2 June 2026Enacted HF 2602A bill for an act relating to the licensure of massage establishments, and making penalties applicable.2 June 2026Enacted HF 990A bill for an act relating to the issuance of medical cannabidiol registration cards and licensure of medical cannabidiol dispensaries.2 June 2026Enacted SF 2422A bill for an act 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.2 June 2026Enacted SF 469A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.2 June 2026Enacted HF 2676A bill for an act relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutrition, medication, and education, and including effective date and applicability provisions.22 May 2026Enacted HF 2585A bill for an act relating to the provision of accessible prescription-related measures for persons who are blind, have a visual impairment, or other print disability.19 May 2026Enacted HF 571A bill for an act relating to protections for medical practitioners and health care institutions, including those related to the exercise of conscience, whistleblower activities, and free speech, and providing penalties.19 May 2026Enacted HF 2185A bill for an act relating to cost sharing for health savings accounts and qualified high-deductible health plans.15 May 2026Enacted HF 2633A bill for an act relating to living organ donors and life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance.15 May 2026Enacted SF 2139A bill for an act enacting the athletic trainer compact.15 May 2026Enacted HF 2635A bill for an act relating to health carriers standards of conduct; utilization review organizations, artificial intelligence, audits, and prior authorizations; certificate of need processes; and including applicability provisions.13 May 2026Enacted HF 2305A bill for an act relating to health care decisions related to palliative care, hospice programs, life-sustaining procedures, out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate orders, durable power of attorney for health care, and probate court guardianship reports.2 May 2026Enacted HF 2523A bill for an act establishing the right of a parent or guardian of a minor child to consent to and authorize certain medical services over the minor child’s objection.2 May 2026Enacted HF 2543A bill for an act relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective date provisions.2 May 2026Enacted SF 2184A bill for an act relating to licenses to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, and administrative medicine licenses.30 April 2026Enacted HF 2434A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for health care services provided pursuant to a referral by an out-of-network primary care provider.16 April 2026Enacted HF 2680A bill for an act relating to certified medication aides.16 April 2026Enacted HF 2564A bill for an act relating to a pregnant minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of certain medical care.9 April 2026Enacted SF 572A bill for an act prohibiting the licensure of certain entities of the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to establish, conduct, or maintain a hospital or health care facility.9 April 2026Enacted HF 2739A bill for an act 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.25 March 2026Enacted HF 1038A bill for an act relating to the opioid settlement fund, making appropriations and disbursements, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.27 June 2025Enacted HF 1049A bill for an act 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 provisions.27 June 2025Enacted SF 615A bill for an act 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 provisions.27 June 2025Enacted SF 659A bill for an act relating to state government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing appropriations, distributions, or transfers; authorizing expenditure of unappropriated moneys in special funds; providing for properly related matters including crystalline polymorph psilocybin, medical residency and fellowship positions, state membership in the Iowa individual health benefit reinsurance association, student abuse by school employees, modified supplemental amounts for school budgets, wagering taxes, a state fire marshal study, certain legislative interim studies, and 911 emergency communications services; making corrections; and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.27 June 2025Enacted

Showing the 25 furthest along of 215. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Iowa Legislature's own page.

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In scope is any bill on the delivery, financing and regulation of health care: coverage mandates, prior authorization and utilization review, Medicaid and state health programmes, hospital finance, licensure and staffing, scope of practice and interstate compacts, telehealth, prescription drugs and pharmacy benefit managers, surprise billing, price transparency and medical debt, behavioral health and substance use treatment, maternal health, long-term care and emergency medical services.

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