SF484 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to Hawki coverage for applied behavior analysis services including a state plan amendment waiver for the children’s health insurance program.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: PETERSEN
Last action: 2025-03-10
Official status: Subcommittee: Klimesh, Costello, and Petersen. S.J. 465 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to Hawki coverage for applied behavior analysis services including a state plan amendment waiver for the children’s health insurance program.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to Hawki coverage for applied behavior analysis services including a state plan amendment waiver for the children’s health insurance program.

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Bill History

2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Klimesh, Costello, and Petersen. S.J. 465 .
2025-03-03 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. S.J. 391 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to Hawki coverage for applied behavior analysis services including a state plan amendment waiver for the children’s health insurance program.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

484

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

484

BY

PETERSEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

Hawki

coverage

for

applied

behavior

analysis

1

services

including

a

state

plan

amendment

waiver

for

the

2

children’s

health

insurance

program.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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S.F.

484

Section

1.

Section

514I.5,

subsection

4,

paragraph

c,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

subparagraph:

2

NEW

SUBPARAGRAPH

.

(18)

Applied

behavior

analysis

services.

3

Sec.

2.

CHILDREN’S

HEALTH

INSURANCE

PROGRAM

——

APPLIED

4

BEHAVIOR

ANALYSIS

SERVICES.

The

department

of

health

and

human

5

services

shall

submit

a

state

plan

amendment

to

the

centers

for

6

Medicare

and

Medicaid

services

of

the

United

States

department

7

of

health

and

human

services

for

approval

to

provide

coverage

8

for

applied

behavior

analysis

services

under

the

children’s

9

health

insurance

program.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

requires

the

medical

assistance

advisory

council,

14

in

consultation

with

the

department

of

health

and

human

15

services

(HHS),

to

adopt

rules

to

include

applied

behavior

16

analysis

services

as

a

benefit

covered

in

a

qualified

child

17

health

plan

included

in

a

benchmark

or

a

benchmark

equivalent

18

plan,

and

which

comply

with

Tit.

XXI

of

the

federal

Social

19

Security

Act.

20

The

bill

requires

HHS

to

submit

a

Medicaid

state

plan

21

amendment

to

the

centers

for

Medicare

and

Medicaid

services

22

of

the

United

States

department

of

health

and

human

services

23

for

approval

to

provide

coverage

for

applied

behavior

analysis

24

services

under

the

children’s

health

insurance

program.

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