SF529 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to nursing facilities and cost reports.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: CELSI
Last action: 2025-03-10
Official status: Subcommittee: Klimesh, Celsi, and Costello. S.J. 466 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to nursing facilities and cost reports.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to nursing facilities and cost reports.

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Bill History

2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Klimesh, Celsi, and Costello. S.J. 466 .
2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. S.J. 419 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to nursing facilities and cost reports.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

529

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

529

BY

CELSI

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

nursing

facilities

and

cost

reports.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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529

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

249A.59

Nursing

facility

——

cost

1

reports.

2

A

nursing

facility

shall

include

in

the

facility’s

annual

3

cost

report

submitted

to

the

department

an

affidavit

signed

by

4

the

owner

or

chief

executive

officer

of

the

nursing

facility

5

that

states

all

costs

are

accurately

reported

in

the

cost

6

report

and

that,

to

the

owner’s

or

chief

executive

officer’s

7

knowledge,

all

Medicaid

claims

have

been

submitted

in

good

8

faith.

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

relates

to

cost

reports

submitted

by

nursing

13

facilities

to

the

department

of

health

and

human

services.

14

The

bill

requires

a

nursing

facility

to

include

in

the

annual

15

cost

report

an

affidavit

signed

by

the

owner

or

chief

executive

16

officer

of

the

nursing

facility

stating

that

the

costs

in

the

17

report

are

accurate

and

that

the

Medicaid

claims

have

been

18

submitted

in

good

faith.

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