Relating to public assistance programs, work requirements for the Iowa health and wellness plan, an information technology fund, the public assistance modernization fund, and the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program and program review and report

What it does: As introduced, requires Iowa Health and Wellness Plan members to work at least 80 hours a month, with possible exemptions, once federally approved; replaces a public assistance fund with an information technology fund; and lets couples in a disability Medicaid program exclude $21,000 in resources. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Shall amendment H–1205, to amendment H–1195, be adopted?

Amends the bill to strike the provision requiring the department to discontinue the Iowa health and wellness plan, or allowing an alternative plan, if federal law no longer allows work requirements (via an amendment to amendment H-1195). (AI-written)

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