Study Bills

Health and Human Services (S)

Study bills still in committee.

Bill Bill Title
SSB 3196 A bill for an act relating to a person’s county of residence as the basis for determining financial responsibility for certain human services programs and treatment or support services. (See SF 2369.)
SSB 3185 A bill for an act relating to the programs and services under the purview of the department on aging.
SSB 3184 A bill for an act relating to the substitute decision maker Act.
SSB 3178 A bill for an act relating to the recovery of Medicaid payments by the department of human services following the death of a designated beneficiary of an ABLE savings account, and providing for contingent implementation.
SSB 3177 A bill for an act relating to health insurance coverage for mammograms and including effective date and applicability provisions. (See SF 2368.)
SSB 3169 A bill for an act relating to the prescribing and dispensing of self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives including by pharmacists and providing insurance coverage for such contraceptives prescribed and dispensed.
SSB 3168 A bill for an act relating to educational assistance programs administered by the college student aid commission for certain physicians, nurses, physician assistants, advanced registered nurse practitioners, doctors of nursing practice, and nurse educators. (See SF 2350.)
SSB 3136 A bill for an act relating to the Iowa prescription monitoring program by establishing an advisory committee.
SSB 3127 A bill for an act requiring the department of human services to facilitate a workgroup study relating to certain mandatory reporter training and certification requirements. (See SF 2300.)
SSB 3126 A bill for an act relating to reimbursement for dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries receiving the Medicare hospice benefit in a nursing facility. (See SF 2309.)
SSB 3125 A bill for an act relating to stroke-related care including the designation of comprehensive and primary stroke centers and acute stroke-ready hospitals, and stroke transport protocols. (See SF 2299.)
SSB 3124 A bill for an act relating to primary care providers under Medicaid managed care.
SSB 3123 A bill for an act providing for the designation of a caregiver relating to a patient’s inpatient stay at a hospital.
SSB 3096 A bill for an act relating to pharmacy regulation, including the composition of the board of pharmacy and the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs and devices, and including penalties.
SSB 3095 A bill for an act relating to newborn metabolic screening to include all disorders listed on the recommended uniform screening panel recommended by the United States department of health and human services.
SSB 3094 A bill for an act relating to the transition of the Medicaid program long-term services and supports population from managed care to fee-for-service administration, and including effective date provisions.
SSB 3074 A bill for an act relating to the electronic prescribing of prescription drugs including controlled substances, making penalties applicable, and providing penalties. (See SF 2312.)
SSB 3073 A bill for an act relating to controlled substances and precursor substances, including provisions relating to the registration of persons who manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances, adding substances to the controlled substance schedules, expanding the list of precursor substances for which reporting is required, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (See SF 2308.)
SSB 3072 A bill for an act relating to pharmacy regulation, including the composition of the board of pharmacy and the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs and devices, and including penalties. (See SF 2298.)
SSB 3071 A bill for an act relating to the Iowa prescription monitoring program, including by establishing an advisory committee, authorizing a registration surcharge, expanding information collection and reporting requirements, and making penalties applicable. (See SF 2198.)
SSB 3070 A bill for an act authorizing the board of nursing to issue a limited nursing authorization to a nurse to complete the clinical component of a nurse refresher course. (See SF 2203.)
SSB 3031 A bill for an act relating to the issuance of an annual prescribing practitioner activity report to prescribing practitioners.
SSB 3005 A bill for an act providing for the licensure of genetic counselors, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and implementation provisions. (See SF 2228.)
SSB 3004 A bill for an act relating to a no-deductible copayment structure for an entire prescription drug benefit, including all formulary tiers, in a specified percentage of individual, group, and small group insurance contracts, policies, and plans offered in the state by health carriers.
SSB 3003 A bill for an act relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit plans, and utilization review organizations, and including applicability provisions.
SSB 1168 A bill for an act relating to health insurance coverage for telehealth.
SSB 1167 A bill for an act relating to the goals and duties of the governor’s future ready Iowa alliance.
SSB 1166 A bill for an act relating to approved providers under Medicaid managed care and prepaid services contracts.
SSB 1165 A bill for an act relating to requirements for prior authorization for services and prescription drugs provided under Medicaid managed care contracts.
SSB 1164 A bill for an act relating to the performance of educational services by licensed dental hygienists.
SSB 1161 A bill for an act relating to prior authorization by a utilization review entity for coverage of health care services and including applicability provisions.
SSB 1160 A bill for an act relating to health insurance coverage for telehealth.
SSB 1158 A bill for an act relating to the provision of supported community living services under Medicaid home and community-based services waivers, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
SSB 1157 A bill for an act relating to oversight of public assistance programs, and including effective date provisions.
SSB 1147 A bill for an act relating to stroke care quality improvement.
SSB 1134 A bill for an act relating to prescription drugs, including the drug prescribing and dispensing information program, medication-assisted treatment insurance and Medicaid coverage, partial dispensing for opioid medication, and allocation of moneys to the pharmaceutical collection and disposal program.
SSB 1133 A bill for an act authorizing mental health professionals to perform certain functions relating to persons with substance-related disorders and persons with mental illness.
SSB 1099 A bill for an act including personal degradation as a form of dependent adult abuse by caretakers in facilities and programs regulated by the department of inspections and appeals.
SSB 1076 A bill for an act relating to the nurse licensure compact, including provisions for assessments against party states, and including effective date provisions.
SSB 1075 A bill for an act relating to the advanced practice registered nurse compact, including assessments against party states, and including effective date provisions.
SSB 1074 A bill for an act relating to pharmacy regulation, including alternate board of pharmacy members, drug disposal program funding, an impaired professionals program, and pharmacy internet sites.
SSB 1072 A bill for an act relating to the use of step therapy protocols for prescription drugs by health carriers, health benefit plans, and utilization review organizations, and including applicability provisions.
SSB 1071 A bill for an act relating to a coordinated health care workforce recruitment and retention effort.
SSB 1070 A bill for an act relating to the public disclosure of information regarding founded child abuse involving a child fatality or near fatality.
SSB 1069 A bill for an act relating to the definition of child foster care for purposes of child care provided by a relative of a child.
SSB 1068 A bill for an act relating to child abuse involving access to a child by a person who is required to register as a sex offender.
SSB 1032 A bill for an act relating to injectable authority for optometrists.
SSB 1031 A bill for an act relating to programs and activities under the purview of the department of public health, and including effective date provisions.
SSB 1030 A resolution requesting the legislative council to establish an interim committee to study the creation of a facility to care for geriatric persons who are registered on the sex offender registry or who are sexually aggressive.
SSB 1029 A bill for an act relating to the prescribing of biological products and making penalties applicable.
SSB 1012 A bill for an act relating to pronouncements of death by registered nurses.