Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Proposed Bill

SSB 1237: A 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; 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 provisions.

In committee Last action May 6, 2025: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 649.

Plain-language summary

SSB 1237 is a proposed bill introduced in the Iowa Senate on April 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A 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; 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 provisions. Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. Most recent recorded action (May 6, 2025): Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 649.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.