Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2249: A BILL FOR An Act relating to vision benefit plans, vision benefit managers, vision care providers, and vision care provider contracts and including civil penalties and effective date and applicability provisions
Status: In committee, February 12, 2026
An Act relating to vision benefit plans, vision benefit managers, vision care providers, and vision care provider contracts and including civil penalties and effective date and applicability provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to vision benefit plans, vision benefit managers, vision care providers, and vision care provider contracts and including civil penalties and effective date and applicability provisions.
From the introduced text, January 30, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to vision benefit plans, vision benefit managers, vision care providers, and vision care provider contracts and including civil penalties and effective date and applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5672HH (6) nls/ko H.F. 2249 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 514M.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Chargeback" means a dollar amount, fee, surcharge, rebate, or item of value that reduces, modifies, or offsets all or part of the covered person's responsibility, provider reimbursement, allowed amount, or fee schedule for a covered service or covered material. 2. "Cost sharing" means any coverage limit, copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other out-of-pocket expense requirement. 3. "Covered material" means a material for which reimbursement from a vision benefit manager or subcontractor is provided to a vision care provider by a covered person's plan contract, or for which a reimbursement would be available but for the application of the covered person's cost sharing, regardless of how the materials are listed or described in a covered person's benefit plan's definition of benefits. 4. "Covered person" means a policyholder, subscriber, enrollee, or other individual participating in a health benefit plan, vision benefit plan, or vision benefit discount plan that provides for third-party payment or prepayment of covered services …
Sponsors
- Jacob Bossman (R, 14) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2026 12:30PM RM 102.
- : Subcommittee: Bossman, Judge and Lawler. H.J. 248 .
- : Introduced, referred to Commerce. H.J. 189 .
Subjects: medical care, insurance, vision
Common questions
- What is HF2249?
- HF2249 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to vision benefit plans, vision benefit managers, vision care providers, and vision care provider contracts and including civil penalties and effective date and applicability provisions.
- What does HF2249 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to vision benefit plans, vision benefit managers, vision care providers, and vision care provider contracts and including civil penalties and effective date and applicability provisions.
- What is the status of HF2249?
- In committee as of February 12, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee recommends passage. (February 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2249?
- Jacob Bossman (R, 14).
- Where is the official record for HF2249?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2249&ga=91
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