A bill for an act relating to public assistance programs, work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program and program review and report.
HF 948 establishes work requirements for Iowa's Health and Wellness Plan (IHAWP), requiring most participants to work at least 80 hours monthly to maintain benefits, with exemptions for children, seniors, people with disabilities, and others. It creates an Information Technology Fund to modernize state health systems, transferring unspent funds from a previous public assistance modernization fund. The bill also updates eligibility for Iowa's Medicaid for Employed People with Disabilities program to disregard certain income and asset limits (up to $10,000 for individuals), and mandates a state review of similar programs in other states by December 2025. These changes directly affect low-income Iowans enrolled in IHAWP or the Medicaid program for employed people with disabilities.
Bill status
died
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
House Failed
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Mar 12, 2025
Last action Mar 26, 2025
Floor votes · House Mar 26, 2025
How they voted
32–63
Failed · 6 other
Total votes 101
Mar 26, 2025
D
Democratic33
96% Yea
R
Republican68
92% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Amendments
7
Mar 26, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (32-63-6)
house
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
Amendments H-1180 and H-1192 out of order.
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment H-1195 adopted.
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
Amendment H-1205 to amendment H-1195, yeas 32, nays 64, filed, lost.
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1182, yeas 32, nays 62.
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
Point of order raised on amendment H-1182, ruled not germane.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
Amendments H-1192 and H-1195 filed.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
Amendments H-1180 and H-1182 filed.
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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