Iowa appropriates $2.5 million to the Department of Health and Human Services for refugee resettlement assistance

Original title: A bill for an act appropriating moneys to the department of health and human services for refugee resettlement assistance.

Last action · February 28, 2025: Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 475 .Sponsors: Trone Garriott and 13 others

Bill progressHistory & official text ↓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Passed

Law

Track this bill to get notified when it advances a stage. One tap to stop, anytime.

Public stanceCommunity reactions are separate from the official record and reporting.

What This Bill Would Do

Iowa appropriates $2.5 million from the state to the Department of Health and Human Services for the beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, to support refugee resettlement. The department must distribute these funds proportionally to nonprofit resettlement agencies based on the number of refugees each agency sponsors under federal agreements. The funds must be disbursed within seven calendar days of the Act taking effect upon enactment.

Why it matters

Nonprofit resettlement agencies in Iowa will receive state funding allocated proportionally per refugee sponsored, with a mandatory seven-day disbursement timeline following enactment.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Department of Health and Human Services

The department is tasked with receiving and proportionally distributing $2,500,000 to nonprofit resettlement agencies within seven days of enactment.

Directly affected

nonprofit resettlement agencies

These agencies will receive proportional shares of the $2.5 million appropriation based on their refugee sponsorship numbers.

Key Facts

Appropriates $2,500,000 from the state general fund to the Department of Health and Human Services for fiscal year 2024-2025.
Funds are designated for distribution to nonprofit resettlement agencies participating in the federal reception and placement assistance program.
The Department of Health and Human Services must distribute the moneys proportionally based on the number of refugees each nonprofit agency sponsors under its federal cooperative agreement.
The department must disburse the funds no later than seven calendar days after the effective date of the Act.

Show all 5 facts

The Act takes effect immediately upon enactment due to being deemed of immediate importance.

Frequently Asked Questions

How will the $2.5 million appropriation be divided among nonprofit agencies?

The Department of Health and Human Services must distribute the funds proportionally based on the number of refugees each nonprofit resettlement agency sponsors under its cooperative agreement with the United States Department of State.

When must the Department of Health and Human Services distribute the funds?

The department must distribute the moneys no later than seven calendar days after the effective date of the Act.

What else do you want to know?

News Coverage

No news coverage found yet. Articles are indexed twice daily.

Follow the record

Votes, people, money & the original source

Where This Stands

Currently passed chamber. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Law.

Procedural history

3 actions

Feb 28, 2025HouseIntroduced
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 475 .
Feb 11, 2025Senate
Subcommittee: Zumbach, Kraayenbrink, and Staed. S.J. 243 .
Feb 6, 2025SenateIntroduced
Introduced, referred to Appropriations. S.J. 208 .

Version history

Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.

View official text →