Overview
- Gov. Kim Reynolds signed House File 2676 into law, enacting a package of Make America Healthy Again measures that change school food rules, youth fitness requirements, and health training standards.
- The law bars eight artificial food dyes from school meals and requires elementary students in fourth grade and below to have at least 40 minutes of daily physical activity and a 60-minute screen-time cap.
- Iowa will apply each year for a federal SNAP waiver aimed at blocking sugary drinks and junk food from purchase with benefits, a step that requires federal approval before it takes effect.
- The bill allows over-the-counter sales of Ivermectin and mandates extensive nutrition education for medical trainees, moves that raise regulatory questions and could alter how doctors and pharmacies operate in the state.
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised the signing as part of his national MAHA push, and the law positions Iowa as a model for other states while leaving implementation dependent on federal decisions and state-level rollout plans.