Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2114: A BILL FOR An Act authorizing the parent or legal guardian of a child to have the child committed for substance use or mental health treatment
Status: In committee, February 16, 2026
An Act authorizing the parent or legal guardian of a child to have the child committed for substance use or mental health treatment.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act authorizing the parent or legal guardian of a child to have the child committed for substance use or mental health treatment.
From the introduced text, January 21, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act authorizing the parent or legal guardian of a child to have the child committed for substance use or mental health treatment. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5434YH (4) dg/ko H.F. 2114 Section 1. Section 125.33, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 125.33 Voluntary treatment of persons adults with a substance use disorder. 1. A person For purposes of this section, "adult" means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older. 2. An adult with a substance use disorder may apply for voluntary treatment or rehabilitation services directly to a facility or to a licensed physician and surgeon or osteopathic physician and surgeon or to a mental health professional. If the proposed patient is a minor or an incompetent person, a parent, a legal guardian, or other legal representative may make the application. The licensed physician and surgeon or osteopathic physician and surgeon, mental health professional, or any employee or person acting under the direction or supervision of the physician and surgeon or osteopathic physician and surgeon, mental health professional, or facility shall not report or disclose the name of the person adult or the fact that treatment was requested or has been undertaken to any law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency; nor …
Sponsors
- Meyer (R) · primary sponsor
- Shannon Latham (R, 55)
Latest actions
- : Withdrawn. H.J. 484 .
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2523 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 7. H.J. 266 .
- : Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 265 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/03/2026 3:40PM RM 103.
- : Subcommittee: Meyer, A., Johnson, R. and Wilz, H. H.J. 146 .
- : Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 130 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 265 . (February 10, 2026): 14 yea, 7 nay, passed
Subjects: mental health, parents, substance use disorder, guardianships, minors, children
Common questions
- What is HF2114?
- HF2114 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act authorizing the parent or legal guardian of a child to have the child committed for substance use or mental health treatment.
- What does HF2114 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act authorizing the parent or legal guardian of a child to have the child committed for substance use or mental health treatment.
- What is the status of HF2114?
- In committee as of February 16, 2026. Latest action: Withdrawn. H.J. 484 . (March 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2114?
- Meyer (R), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HF2114?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2114&ga=91
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