# Iowa HF 330: A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for covered individuals for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 5.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 01/01/2026. Iowa HF 330, A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for covered individuals for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 5.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 01/01/2026., is a 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE; status signed, last action 2025-06-11 (Signed by Governor.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-18). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF330-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-18 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Iowa HF 330 - State: Iowa - Session: 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: A bill for an act relating to insurance coverage for covered individuals for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 5.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 01/01/2026. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-11 - Last action: 2025-06-11, Signed by Governor. - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: commerce - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (137 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Autism behavior therapy loses age caps: benefit, high. Specified private plans and non-state public employee plans must cover practitioner-provided applied behavior analysis for autism under a treatment plan. The law removes the former under-19 age limit and bars dollar and visit-count caps. Plans can still require prior approval and charge deductibles… - Broader autism coverage for state employees: benefit, high. Iowa’s state employee health plan must cover autism assessment and treatment at any age, removing the former under-21 limit. The law removes the former $36,000 yearly benefit cap and its annual inflation adjustment. The plan cannot cap autism treatment visits with an autism service provider; covera… - Stronger autism protections in covered plans: benefit, medium. Covered Iowa group plans cannot impose total annual or lifetime dollar caps on autism benefits under the mental illness coverage rules. They must cover at least 30 inpatient days and 52 outpatient visits yearly, without outpatient visit caps for specified behavior therapy and autism-provider treatm… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-21 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 45 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | Passed House | pass | 92 | 0 | | ## Actions (18) - 2025-06-11: Signed by Governor. (House) - 2025-05-19: Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. (House) - 2025-04-21: Message from Senate. (House) - 2025-04-21: Immediate message. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0. (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Placed on calendar. (legislature) - 2025-04-02: Committee report, recommending passage. (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Subcommittee recommends passage. (legislature) - 2025-03-11: Subcommittee Meeting: 03/12/2025 2:30PM Senate Lounge. (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Subcommittee: Driscoll, Trone Garriott, and Warme. (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Read first time, referred to Commerce. (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Message from House. (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Immediate message. (House) - 2025-02-20: Passed House, yeas 92, nays 0. (House) - 2025-02-20: Amendment H-1018 withdrawn. (House) - 2025-02-19: Amendment H-1018 filed. (House) - 2025-02-11: Introduced, placed on calendar. (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/HF330.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/HF330.pdf) ## Related bills - HF 2801: A bill for an act modifying the major economic growth attraction program, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 785.) Effective date: 10/02/20… (signed) - SF 2472: A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, fees, financial authority, and budgets, by modifying property assessment provisions, divisions… (signed) - HF 2601: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including participation in ballot issue campaigns by foreign nationals and investigations of election misconduc… (signed) - SF 2399: A bill for an act relating to bail and bond amounts and conditions. (Formerly SSB 3162.) Effective date: 07/01/2026. (signed) - SF 2471: A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Formerly SF 2317, SSB 3121.) 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(Formerly S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2399-2025-2026) - [SF 2471: A bill for an act relating to fees for lifetime fur harvester licenses. (Former…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2471-2025-2026) - [SF 2299: A bill for an act relating to the district-to-community college sharing or conc…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF2299-2025-2026) - [Iowa bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/iowa/bills) - [Iowa state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/iowa) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF330-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-18).