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IA SSB3082
SB
Status
1/27/2026
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" framework dividing Iowa into geographic, multicounty regions for statewide program and service delivery, initially matching existing behavioral health district boundaries.
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Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to review designated HHS districts at least once every seven consecutive fiscal years and authorizes modifications based on population needs, service patterns, and geographic factors.
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Consolidates and aligns definitions across multiple code sections, replacing references to "district behavioral health advisory council" with "behavioral health district advisory council" for consistency.
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Exempts HHS district boundary modifications from judicial review under Chapter 17A (Iowa Administrative Procedure Act), giving the department discretion over district boundary determinations.
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Directs the department to adopt administrative rules to implement the new HHS district structure and coordinate delivery of health, human services, aging, disability, and volunteer services.
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 SF 2338.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2338.
2/12/2026