A bill for an act relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, nutrition, medication, and taxes on certain products, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
This bill requires physicians in specific specialties - such as family medicine, pediatrics, cardiology, and surgery - to complete one hour of nutrition and metabolic health continuing education every four years for license renewal. It also modifies Iowa's certificate of need process for healthcare facilities, adding new categories requiring approval (like outpatient behavioral health centers, organ transplants, open-heart surgery, and expensive equipment acquisitions over $1.5 million). Additionally, it updates rules for bed capacity changes in hospitals and intermediate care facilities, including limits on total beds for intellectual disability care. The bill includes a section to maintain Iowa's participation in the federal Summer EBT program for children's nutrition benefits.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 9, 2026
Last action Feb 23, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Feb 23, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2676.
legislature
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 7.
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee reassigned: Harris, Baeth and Gehlbach.
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2026 12:00PM RM 103.
legislature
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Harris, Baeth and Jeneary.
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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