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IA HSB622
SB
Status
1/26/2026
Primary Sponsor
Health And Human Services
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AI Summary
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Creates a new "Health and Human Services (HHS) district" system that divides Iowa into geographic, multicounty areas for coordinated delivery of health and human services programs, with initial boundaries matching existing behavioral health districts.
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Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to review HHS district boundaries at least once every seven consecutive fiscal years and allows modifications based on factors including population size, service needs, and access patterns.
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Renames "district behavioral health advisory councils" to "behavioral health district advisory councils" and updates related terminology throughout Iowa Code sections governing behavioral health services.
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Exempts HHS district boundary modifications from judicial review under Chapter 17A (Administrative Procedure Act), giving the department sole authority over boundary determinations.
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Directs the department to adopt administrative rules to implement the new district system, effective upon enactment.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to alignment of delivery of health and human services programs and services, aging and disability services, and volunteer services, and including applicability and effective date provisions.(See HF 2707.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2707.
2/23/2026