HF19 • 2026

A bill for an act modifying the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 307 .)

Healthcare

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: COLLINS
Last action: 2025-03-14
Official status: Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act modifying the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 307 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act modifying the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 307 .)

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Bill History

2025-03-14 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .
2025-02-10 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 307 .
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 18. Nays, 0. Excused, 2. H.J. 270 .
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 270 .
2025-01-28 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-01-23 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/27/2025 4:00PM House Lounge.
2025-01-15 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Wheeler, Determann and Gosa. H.J. 81 .
2025-01-14 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Local Government. H.J. 41 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act modifying the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures, and including effective date provisions.(See HF 307 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

19

BY

COLLINS

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

modifying

the

costs

eligible

for

emergency

medical

1

services

fund

expenditures,

and

including

effective

date

2

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

4

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Section

1.

Section

422D.6,

subsection

3,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

i.

(1)

The

salaries

or

wages

of

emergency

3

medical

care

providers

providing

emergency

medical

services.

4

(2)

As

used

in

this

paragraph,

“emergency

medical

care

5

provider”

and

“emergency

medical

services”

mean

the

same

as

6

defined

in

section

147A.1.

7

Sec.

2.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

8

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

9

EXPLANATION

10

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

11

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

12

This

bill

modifies

the

costs

eligible

for

emergency

medical

13

services

fund

expenditures.

14

Under

current

law,

upon

adoption

of

a

resolution

declaring

15

emergency

medical

services

to

be

an

essential

county

service,

16

a

county

board

of

supervisors

may

offer

for

voter

approval

17

the

authorization

to

impose

a

local

option

income

surtax

or

18

an

ad

valorem

property

tax.

The

proceeds

from

such

a

tax

are

19

deposited

into

an

emergency

medical

services

trust

fund.

20

The

bill

expands

the

costs

which

are

eligible

for

emergency

21

medical

services

trust

fund

expenditures

to

include

the

salary

22

or

wages

of

an

emergency

medical

care

provider

providing

23

emergency

medical

services.

The

bill

defines

“emergency

24

medical

care

provider”

and

“emergency

medical

services”.

25

The

bill

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

26

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