A north-central Iowa state representative is asking legislative leaders to review the performance of the Test Iowa program. The state entered into a no-bid, 26-million dollar contract with Nomi Health of Utah to provide expanded testing for the state. Mason City Democrat Sharon Steckman wonders who Test Iowa is answering to and why there isn’t oversight when we’ve seen large outbreaks of COVID-19 at some of the state’s meatpacking plants.

Steckman made the oversight request during a meeting of the Legislative Council. House Speaker Pat Grassley said he would not rule out the request but he had not had any conversations about it with the chair of the oversight committee.