DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad today announced he will sign Senate File 446, which contains the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan, on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 9 a.m. at the Mason City Clinic in Mason City.
The Iowa Health and Wellness plan will make Iowa a national leader for patient outcomes and quality of care for low-income individuals. The plan is designed to protect Iowa from federal budget cuts in the future, increases the number of Iowans on private insurance, and will provide $48 million in property tax savings in the first full year of implementation.
Note: The Mason City Clinic is on the Mercy Hospital campus with the main entrance facing east.
Senate File 446: An Act relating to appropriations for health and human services and including other related provisions and appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective, retroactive and applicability date provisions.
