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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 2003
Page
5
Rep. Foege lauds House Human Resources Committee 19-2 vote approving House Study Bill 288 to require biologically based mental illness treatment coverage in health plans. The measure, tied to a prior bill that stalled in the Senate, aims to reduce stigma and extend parity.
The proposal would require group policies to cover biologically based mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. House Majority Leader Chuck Gipp warned expanding the list would kill the bill, saying amendments would block debate.
A Senate panel advanced three Republican bills to repeal Iowa no fault divorce. The measures push exclusive grounds for divorce, raise the waiting period to one year, require premarital counseling, and allow premarital mediation agreements while urging existing couples to adopt such steps.
Iowa anti-tobacco advocates from 99 counties gathered on Community Partnership Day in the Capitol rotunda to urge lawmakers to raise tobacco taxes. Leaders cited studies showing youth and adult smoking declines with tax hikes and urged funding for their causes amid tight budgets.
Iowa lawmakers consider House File 22 to require courts to apply joint physical care when joint custody is ordered in divorce cases. The bill shifts from the presumption of a primary mother caregiver to shared care unless clear evidence shows it is not in the child’s best interest. Critics question practicality if parents cannot cooperate after divorce.
Des Moines lawmakers debate House Study Bill 273 to require Sudafed and ephedrine products to be kept behind the counter to curb meth manufacture. Rep. Clel Baudler says theft and bulk purchases drive the proposal. measure could shift to Schedule IV if no effect.
The House Speaker and GOP leaders describe substantial progress on transforming Iowa’s economy. They highlight tax reform, budget fixes, and growth initiatives while noting some priorities remain unfinished. A contentious issue was dropped as the session advances, with lawmakers focusing on core reforms.
A list of nonmoney bills that cleared committee funnel remains eligible this session. Proposals include raising speed limits reforming sentencing laws adjusting fishing licenses expanding gambling changing election laws repealing no fault divorce tax on large credit unions changing collective bargaining base business regulations tightening vehicle child restraint rules lowering the drunken driving BAC to 0.08 percent reforming Medicaid raising license fees and implementing mental health parity in insurance.
House debate stalled as Gov Vilsack vetoes repeatedly while Democrats see few proposals advance. Mental health parity clears one committee but measures on minimum wage taxes for teachers and other social issues fail to pass.
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