---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination of several health care-related award, grant, residency, and fellowship programs; establishment of a health care professional incentive program; Medicaid graduate medical education; the health facilities council; and the Iowa health information network, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination of several health care-related award, grant, residency, and fellowship programs; establishment of a health care professional incentive program; Medicaid graduate medical education; the health facilities council; and the Iowa health information network, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 972"
citation: "Iowa HF 972 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["grants", "health facilities council", "medical assistance", "medical care", "rural areas", "scholarships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-21"
last_action: "2025-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcae34eb-f3e5-432c-a67a-f97fb84a1c3e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 972&ga=91"
source_hash: "8488059746737ab90e8d6a0825f32d40769895f81ca6d3241d29d37dfdff64f9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa HF 972 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to health care including a funding model for the rural health care system; the elimination of several health care-related award, grant, residency, and fellowship programs; establishment of a health care professional incentive program; Medicaid graduate medical education; the health facilities council; and the Iowa health information network, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/HF972.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF972.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF972_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF972.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **41–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-21** Introduced, placed on Appropriations calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-03-25** NOBA: House Full Approps
- **2025-03-26** Passed House, yeas 95, nays 1. `passage`
- **2025-03-28** NOBA: House Floor
- **2025-04-22** Explanation of vote.
- **2025-03-26** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-27** Message from House.
- **2025-03-27** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Attached to SF 618.
- **2025-05-13** Substituted for SF 618.
- **2025-05-13** Passed Senate, yeas 41, nays 4. `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Immediate message.
- **2025-05-13** Message from Senate.
- **2025-05-27** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-05-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-18** NOBA: Final

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcae34eb-f3e5-432c-a67a-f97fb84a1c3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).