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IA SSB1226

SB

Status

Introduced

4/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Appropriations

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Attorney General to annually submit proposed legislative bills with recommended appropriations from the opioid settlement fund, with HHS receiving 75% and the Attorney General receiving 25% of unencumbered funds

  • Mandates that HHS and the Attorney General consider recommendations from district behavioral health advisory councils when developing proposed appropriations to ensure equitable statewide services

  • Appropriates $12 million for FY 2024-2025 to HHS for grants to nonprofit organizations specializing in co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder treatment, for renovation and expansion of a nature-based recovery campus

  • Appropriates $30 million for FY 2024-2025 to HHS to abate the opioid crisis in the state

  • Requires annual joint or individual reports to the General Assembly beginning January 1, 2027, detailing fund disbursements and their impact on Iowans, with all disbursements requiring a statement that funding is a one-time allocation from the opioid settlement fund

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to the opioid settlement fund, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 624.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 624.

4/15/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations4/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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