HF362 • 2026

A bill for an act designating emergency medical services as an essential county purpose.

Healthcare

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: JONES
Last action: 2025-03-11
Official status: Tabled until future meeting.
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act designating emergency medical services as an essential county purpose.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act designating emergency medical services as an essential county purpose.

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Bill History

2025-03-11 Iowa Legislature
Tabled until future meeting.
2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/11/2025 8:30AM House Lounge.
2025-02-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Jones, Behn and Judge. H.J. 441 .
2025-02-12 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Ways and Means. H.J. 305 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act designating emergency medical services as an essential county purpose.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

362

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

362

BY

JONES

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

designating

emergency

medical

services

as

an

essential

1

county

purpose.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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1944YH

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H.F.

362

Section

1.

Section

331.441,

subsection

2,

paragraph

b,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

subparagraph:

2

NEW

SUBPARAGRAPH

.

(21)

Funding

and

refunding

of

emergency

3

medical

services

as

defined

in

section

147A.1,

subsection

5.

4

EXPLANATION

5

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

6

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

7

This

bill

amends

the

definition

of

“essential

county

8

purpose”

to

include

emergency

medical

services.

9

Under

Code

chapter

331,

a

county

board

of

supervisors

may

10

generally

contract

indebtedness

and

approve

the

issuance

of

11

general

obligation

bonds

to

carry

out

an

essential

county

12

purpose

without

approval

by

voters

at

an

election,

while

the

13

issuance

of

general

obligation

bonds

to

carry

out

a

general

14

county

purpose

generally

requires

approval

by

voters

at

15

election.

16

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