HF608 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to county hospital operation of a child care facility.(See HF 840 .)

Children Healthcare

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: WENGRYN, SORENSEN, MEGGERS, C. JOHNSON, SIEGRIST, JENEARY, KAUFMANN, SIECK and WULF
Last action: 2025-03-07
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 840 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to county hospital operation of a child care facility.(See HF 840 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to county hospital operation of a child care facility.(See HF 840 .)

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Bill History

2025-03-07 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 840 .
2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 546 .
2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 546 .
2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-03-03 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/04/2025 8:30AM RM 304.1.
2025-02-27 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Moore, T., Bergan and Ehlert. H.J. 463 .
2025-02-26 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 438 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to county hospital operation of a child care facility.(See HF 840 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

608

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

608

BY

WENGRYN

,

SORENSEN

,

MEGGERS

,

C.

JOHNSON

,

SIEGRIST

,

JENEARY

,

KAUFMANN

,

SIECK

,

and

WULF

(COMPANION

TO

SF

301

BY

SINCLAIR)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

county

hospital

operation

of

a

child

care

1

facility.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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H.F.

608

Section

1.

Section

347.14,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

7A.

Operate

a

child

care

facility

3

established

under

section

347.27

in

conjunction

with

the

4

hospital.

The

board

of

trustees

may

contract

with

a

person

5

licensed

to

operate

a

child

care

facility

under

chapter

237A

to

6

operate

the

hospital’s

child

care

facility.

7

Sec.

2.

NEW

SECTION

.

347.27

County

hospital

child

care

8

facility.

9

A

county

hospital

may

establish

a

child

care

facility

as

10

defined

in

section

237A.1.

The

operation,

maintenance,

and

11

improvement

of

a

child

care

facility

established

by

a

county

12

hospital

shall

comply

with

the

requirements

of

chapter

237A.

13

EXPLANATION

14

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

15

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

16

This

bill

permits

a

county

hospital

(hospital)

to

establish

17

a

child

care

facility

(facility).

A

hospital’s

board

of

18

trustees

may

operate

the

facility,

or

the

board

of

trustees

19

may

contract

with

a

person

licensed

to

operate

a

facility

to

20

operate

the

hospital’s

facility.

The

operation,

maintenance,

21

and

improvement

of

a

hospital’s

facility

must

comply

with

the

22

requirements

of

Code

chapter

237A

(child

care

facilities).

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