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03/12/2026 11:00 AM Adjourned RM 116

Call to Order

Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Notice of Sub-committees (distributed electronically)

Bills for Consideration:

HF 2514 – Costello

HF 2526 – Salmon

HF 2585 – Warme

Any other bills available for consideration

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03/04/2026 1:00 PM Cancelled RM 116

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02/19/2026 11:00 AM Adjourned RM 116

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Notice of Sub-committees (distributed electronically)

Bills for Consideration:

SSB 3140 w/ Amendment – Webster

SSB 3145 – Warme

SSB 3084 w/ Amendment – Warme

SSB 3118 w/ Amendment – Warme

SSB 3111 w/ Amendment – Warme

Any other bills available for consideration

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02/17/2026 11:00 AM Adjourned RM 116

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Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Notice of Sub-committees (distributed electronically)

Bills for Consideration:

SSB 3139 – Warme

SSB 3141 w/ Amendment – Costello

SSB 3096 w/ Amendment – Costello

Any other bills available for considered

Adjourn

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02/12/2026 11:00 AM Adjourned RM 116

Call to Order

Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Notice of Sub-committees (distributed electronically)

Bills for Consideration:

HF 524 w/ Amendment – Sweeney

SSB 3116 – Costello

SF 2150 – Webster

SSB 3082 – Warme

SSB 3017 w/ Amendment – Warme

Any other bills available for considered

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02/03/2026 11:00 AM Adjourned RM 116

Call to Order

Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Notice of Sub-committees (distributed electronically)

Bills for Consideration:

HF 1003 w/ Amendment – Guth: A bill for an act relating to child placements.

SSB 3059 – Warme: A bill for an act relating to the use of titles physician assistant and physician associate.

SSB 3083 w/ Amendment – Warme: A bill for an act relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective date provisions.

SSB 3081 w/ Amendment – Warme: A bill for an act relating to licenses to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, and administrative medicine licenses.

Any other bills available for considered

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01/27/2026 11:00 AM Cancelled RM 116

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01/22/2026 10:00 AM Adjourned RM 116

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Notice of Sub-committees (distributed electronically)

Presentation by Iowa HHS – “Certificate of Need Process – Study”

  • Sara Reisetter, Compliance & Administration Division Director
  • Dr. Lachlan Watkins, Iowa HHS Health Economist

You may find the full report published on the Legislative website here: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/DF/1594772.pdf

Bills for consideration:

SSB 3016 – Warme

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01/13/2026 11:00 AM Adjourned RM 116

Call to Order

Roll Call

Approval of Minutes - 4/8/2025

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04/08/2025 3:00 PM Adjourned RM 116

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Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Governor's Appointments En Bloc:

Dr. Bradley Floy - Athletic Training, Board of

Shelby Kuntzweiler - Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences, Board of

Andrew Oswald - Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences, Board of

Aaron Culley - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Dr. Laura Fuller - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Jillyn Kaufman - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Echo Kent - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Amy Mooney - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Maria Valdovinos - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Catherine Wargo - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Sara Coleman - Blind, Commission for the

Rick McIntosh - Child Advocacy Board

Thomas Peek - Dentistry, Board of

William Strohman - Dentistry, Board of

Stephanie Turner - Dentistry, Board of

Thomas Brown - Health and Human Services, Council on

Kay Fisk - Health and Human Services, Council on

Monika Jindal - Health and Human Services, Council on

Eugene Cherny - Medicine, Board of

Brett Erickson - Medicine, Board of

Rose Kleyweg Mitchell - Medicine, Board of

Diane McDonald - Medicine, Board of

Vickie Pyevich - Medicine, Board of

Jerry Rozenboom - Medicine, Board of

Victoria Sharp - Medicine, Board of

David Moore - Mortuary Science, Board of

Dr. Jackie Barber - Nursing, Board of

Brian Feist - Nursing, Board of

Susan Pair - Nursing, Board of

Michelle Garvin - Pharmacy, Board of

David Weetman - Pharmacy, Board of

Amanda Gallant - Sign Language Interpreters and Transliterators, Board of

Samantha Webster - Sign Language Interpreters and Transliterators, Board of

Any other Business

Adjourn

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04/03/2025 9:30 AM Adjourned RM 116

Call to Order

Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Distribution of Subcommittee Assignments Electronically: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/subCommitteeAssignments?groupID=328&ga=91

Governor's Appointments En Bloc:

Dr. Bradley Floy - Athletic Training, Board of

Shelby Kuntzweiler - Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences, Board of

Andrew Oswald - Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences, Board of

Aaron Culley - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Dr. Laura Fuller - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Jillyn Kaufman - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Echo Kent - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Amy Mooney - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Maria Valdovinos - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Catherine Wargo - Behavioral Health Professions, Board of

Sara Coleman - Blind, Commission for the

Rick McIntosh - Child Advocacy Board

Thomas Peek - Dentistry, Board of

William Strohman - Dentistry, Board of

Stephanie Turner - Dentistry, Board of

Thomas Brown - Health and Human Services, Council on

Kay Fisk - Health and Human Services, Council on

Monika Jindal - Health and Human Services, Council on

Eugene Cherny - Medicine, Board of

Brett Erickson - Medicine, Board of

Rose Kleyweg Mitchell - Medicine, Board of

Diane McDonald - Medicine, Board of

Vickie Pyevich - Medicine, Board of

Jerry Rozenboom - Medicine, Board of

Victoria Sharp - Medicine, Board of

David Moore - Mortuary Science, Board of

Dr. Jackie Barber - Nursing, Board of

Brian Feist - Nursing, Board of

Susan Pair - Nursing, Board of

Michelle Garvin - Pharmacy, Board of

David Weetman - Pharmacy, Board of

Amanda Gallant - Sign Language Interpreters and Transliterators, Board of

Samantha Webster - Sign Language Interpreters and Transliterators, Board of

HF 383 Klimesh: A bill for an act relating to the controlled substance crystalline polymorph psilocybin.(Formerly HF 14.)

HF 385 Klimesh w/Amendment: A bill for an act relating to discharge of involuntarily committed persons from a facility or a hospital. (Formerly HF 124.)

HF 516 w/Amendment Klimesh: A bill for an act relating to medical residency and fellowship positions, including priority for admission to the university of Iowa’s colleges of medicine and dentistry, and hospitals and clinics. (Formerly HF 137.)

HF 919 w/Amendment Klimesh: A bill for an act relating to children’s specialty hospital designations for certain nonprofit organizations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 268.)

HF 887 Warme: A bill for an act removing birth centers from the meaning of institutional health facility.(Formerly HF 277.)

HF 806 w/Amendment Pike: A bill for an act relating to peer review committees and organ procurement organizations.(Formerly HSB 121.)

HF 648 Alons: A bill for an act relating to a licensed sedation provider host permit for a dentist.(Formerly HF 339.)

HF 386 Rowley: A bill for an act providing for a study of transitioning certain medical schools in Iowa from four-year programs to three-year programs.(Formerly HF 146.)

HF 933 Sweeney: A bill for an act relating to pediatric palliative care centers. (Formerly HSB 267.)

HF 953 Salmon: A bill for an act relating to legal representation for children who are placed in, or may be placed in, foster care.(Formerly HF 373.)

HF 390 Salmon: A bill for an act relating to physical examinations of personnel working in licensed or registered child care facilities. (Formerly HSB 7.)

Any Other Business

Adjourn

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03/05/2025 9:30 AM Adjourned RM 116

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Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Distribution of Subcommittee Assignments electronically: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/subCommitteeAssignments?groupID=328&ga=91

SSB 1138 W/Amendment Klimesh: A bill for an act 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 employees.

SSB 1163 W/Amendment Klimesh: A bill for an act 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.

SSB 1171 W/Amendment Klimesh: A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of health and human services, including administrative services organizations, child foster care, child and dependent adult abuse, internal audit and examination information, and the region incentive fund in the mental health and disability services regional service fund, and making an appropriation and including effective date provisions.

SF 163 W/Amendment Klimesh: A bill for an act relating to the definition of medical cannabidiol.

SF 363 W/Amendment Klimesh: A bill for an act relating to the Iowa health and wellness plan and member community engagement requirements and including effective date provisions.

SSB 1170 Alons: A bill for an act relating to area agencies on aging, dementia service specialists, and a dementia services coordinator, and providing an appropriation.

SF 6 Guth: A bill for an act relating to the provision of information relating to immunization exemptions.

SF 48 W/Amendment Lofgren: A bill for an act relating to the reporting of serious reportable events, and providing penalties.

SF 329 W/Amendment Salmon: A bill for an act relating to the delegation of custodial rights and duties with respect to a child.

SF 251 W/Amendment Salmon: A bill for an act relating to the appointment of an ombudsman assistant for investigating complaints related to child foster care.

Any other business

Adjourn

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02/26/2025 2:00 PM Adjourned RM 116

Call to Order

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Approval of Minutes

Distribution of Subcommittee Assignments Electronically: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/subCommitteeAssignments?groupID=328&ga=91

SF 255 W/Amendment Alons: A bill for an act relating to the personal needs allowance under the medical assistance program.

SF 236 Salmon: A bill for an act relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of child foster care providers and prospective adoptive parents.

SF 301 Rowley: A bill for an act relating to county hospital operation of a child care facility.

SSB 1121 W/Amendment Rowley: A bill for an act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.

SSB 1120 W/Amendment Klimesh: A bill for an act 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 inmates.

SSB 1138 W/Amendment Klimesh: A bill for an act 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 employees.

SSB 1137 W/Amendment Klimesh: A bill for an act imposing a tax on certain products containing nicotine or nonnicotine substances, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

SF 163 Klimesh: A bill for an act relating to the definition of medical cannabidiol.

Any other business

Adjourn

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02/19/2025 2:00 PM Adjourned RM 116

Call to order

Roll Call

Approval of Minutes

Distribution of Subcommittee assignments electronically: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/subCommitteeAssignments?groupID=328&ga=91

SSB 1081 Warme: A bill for an act relating to the review by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing of certain deficient practices by nursing facilities.

SSB 1082 With amendment: A bill for an act creating an advanced registered nurse practitioner preceptor tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including applicability provisions.

SSB 1074 Klimesh: A bill for an act relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, and prescription drugs and including applicability provisions.

Any other business

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02/12/2025 2:00 PM Adjourned RM 116

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Notice of Distribution of Subcommittee Assignments electronically: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/subCommitteeAssignments?groupID=328&ga=91

SSB 1017 Klimesh: A bill for an act relating to pharmacy benefits manager reverse auctions and group insurance for public employees.

SSB 1029 Klimesh: A bill for an act relating to certain cost controls for health care services.

SSB 1080 Campbell: A bill for an act relating to controlled substances, including certain controlled substances schedules and precursor substances reporting requirements, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.

SF 117 Campbell: A bill for an act relating to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmacists and practitioners.

SF 120 Salmon: A bill for an act providing an exception to a minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of medical care or services for a sexually transmitted disease or infection.

SSB 1052 Warme: A bill for an act enacting the physician assistant licensure compact.

Any other Business

Adjourn

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02/06/2025 10:00 AM Adjourned RM 116

Call to Order

Roll Call

Confirmation of Minutes

Distribution of Subcommittee Assignments electronically: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/subCommitteeAssignments?groupID=328&ga=91

SSB 1012 Klimesh: A bill for an act relating to the double up food bucks program, and making an appropriation.

SSB 1016 w/Amendment Klimesh: A bill for an act relating to prior authorizations and exemptions by health benefit plans and utilization review organizations.

SF 56 Alons: A bill for an act relating to the right to try Act.

SF 57 Pike: A bill for an act requiring the department of health and human services to reimburse a county for the temporary holding of, or confinement of, a sexually violent predator who commits a public offense while subject to an order of civil commitment.

Any other business

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01/30/2025 2:00 PM Cancelled RM 116

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01/13/2025 2:30 PM Adjourned RM 116

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