H-8233

   Amend House File 2739 as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   <Section 1.  TAXPAYER RELIEF FUND TRANSFER —— FEDERAL TAX LAW CHANGES.
   1.  On the effective date of this Act, there is transferred from the taxpayer relief fund created in section 8.57E to the general fund of the state, the following amount:
   ...................................................................... $296,200,000

   2.  The transfer under this section is made in accordance with section 8.57E, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, for state tax relief based on the reduction in state revenue for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, associated with 2025 federal tax law changes pursuant to section 422.3, subsection 5, paragraph “b”, including but not limited to the allowance of income tax deductions for qualified tips, overtime compensation, and qualified passenger vehicle loan interest under the federal Internal Revenue Code, as amended by Pub. L. No. 119-21, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
   3.  Notwithstanding section 8.54, the state general fund expenditure limitation amount calculated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, shall be readjusted to include one hundred percent of the moneys transferred under this section.
   Sec. 2.  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES —— SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   To supplement the appropriation made for medical assistance program reimbursement and associated costs in 2025 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 9, unnumbered paragraph 2:
   ...................................................................... $ 70,300,000

   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
   Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
   Sec. 4.  APPLICABILITY.  The following applies to the state general fund expenditure limitation amount calculated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and each fiscal year thereafter:
   The section of this Act amending section 8.54.>
   2.  Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking <modifying the taxes imposed on health maintenance organizations,> 
   3.  Title page, lines 5 and 6, by striking <date, contingent effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability> and inserting <date and applicability>

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SRINIVAS of Polk