Human Resources Committee Report – Week 14, 2019
Action between April 11 and April 17 on bills assigned to the Senate Human Resources Committee.
Month: April 2019
Education Committee Report – Week 14, 2019
Action between April 11 and April 17 on bills assigned to the Senate Education Committee.
Commerce Committee Report – Week 14, 2019
Action between April 11 and April 17 on bills assigned to the Senate Commerce Committee.
Appropriations Committee Report – Week 14, 2019
Action between April 11 and April 17 on bills assigned to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Agriculture Committee Report – Week 14, 2019
Action between April 11 and April 17 on bills assigned to the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Sen. Wahls on Iowa’s need for Manufactured Home Reform
An out-of-state corporation called Haven Park Capital has acquired several mobile home parks across Iowa. This company is raising the rents on folks in some communities by 70 percent with only about 60 days’ notice.
News Conference: Iowans demand fix to state’s mobile home laws
Struggling mobile home residents held a news conference with Senators Zach Wahls and Kevin Kinney on ways to fix Iowa’s broken mobile home laws.
KCCI on Waukee park’s planned 69% rent increase
Cynthia Fodor of KCCI News on Iowa legislators’ efforts to combat the sudden spike in mobile home park rents facing Iowans throughout the state.
Feds launch investigative review of oversight of privatized Medicaid
The U.S. Office of Inspector General is investigating whether federal officials are providing sufficient and appropriate oversight to ensure that people with Medicaid get the care to which they are entitled.
Don’t let Medicaid mess undermine children’s health insurance
Two members of the board of Hawki, Iowa’s nationally recognized Hawki children’s health insurance program, today raised concerns about maintaining quality as it becomes part of Iowa’s troubled privatized Medicaid program.