RSSHF 590 – Child Abuse Differential Response FLOOR ACTION: HF 590, as amended on the floor, creates a differential response or second path for the Department of Human Services (DHS) to handle child abuse allegations. The bill adds a “family assessment” in lieu of a child abuse assessment for child abuse reports stemming from [...]
Read the full story >>SF 202 – Department of Public Health Technical Bill FLOOR ACTION: SF 202, as amended by the House and agreed to by the Senate, is a technical bill concerning the Department of Public Health (DPH). The bill: • Strikes a System Evaluation and Quality Improvement committee membership reference to the Iowa Foundation of Medical [...]
Read the full story >>HF 197 – Adult Day Services Certification HF 569 – Licensure of Substance Abuse Counselors FLOOR ACTION: HF 197, as amended in on the floor, extends the initial and renewal certification of adult day services from two to three years. Fees are unchanged. This bill is effective upon enactment and retroactive to January 1, [...]
Read the full story >>HF 198 – Home and Community Based Services Training Costs HF 569 – Licensure of Substance Abuse Counselors HF 590 – Child Abuse Differential Response COMMITTEE ACTION: HF 198, as amended in committee, directs the Department of Human Services to adopt administrative rules to provide that reasonable costs of staff training incurred by providers [...]
Read the full story >>SF 296 – Medicaid Expansion SF 393 – Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening FLOOR ACTION: SF 296, as amended on the floor, expands Medicaid eligibility to adults aged 19 to 64 with incomes below 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, and to youth up to age 26 that were previously in the foster [...]
Read the full story >>SF 202 – Department of Public Health Technical Bill SF 269 – Comprehensive Alzheimer’s Disease Response Strategy SF 346 – Emergency Medical Services Task Force SF 394 – Conferences & Contested Citations: Health Care Facilities, Assisted Living SF 395 – Department of Human Services Omnibus SF 419 – Vision Screening for School Children HF 197 [...]
Read the full story >>SF 184 – Department on Aging Technical Bill SF 198 – Housing for Elderly Persons with Aggressive or Psychiatric Behaviors SF 203 – DHS Mental Health Services Provisions SF 347 – Criminal Record Checks of Health Care Employees SF 351 – Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Provisions SF 353 – Vaccine Administration by Licensed [...]
Read the full story >>SF 12 – Area Health Education Centers SF 227 – Emergency Medical Services Task Force SSB 1001 – Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening and Prenatal Care SSB 1082 – Vaccine Administration by Licensed Pharmacists SSB 1105 – Conferences & Contested Citations: Health Care Facilities, Assisted Living Programs SSB 1127 – Medicaid Program Integrity SSB 1131 [...]
Read the full story >>SSB 1116 – Physical therapists third-party payment equity SF 36 – Long-term care resident’s advocate program SF 71 – Medicaid expansion SF 199 – Comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease response strategy COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 1116 requires that insurance co-pay or coinsurance for physical therapy services not be higher than co-pay or coinsurance for primary care (medical [...]
Read the full story >>SSB 1056 – Department on Aging technical bill SSB 1016 – Department of Public Health technical bill SSB 1130 – Mental health services requirements SF 35 – Housing for elderly persons with aggressive or psychiatric behaviors COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 1056, as amended in committee, is a technical bill concerning the Department on Aging (IDA). [...]
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