House File 2052 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2052 BY CARLSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to eligible providers under the state family 1 planning services program. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5530YH (3) 87 pf/rh
H.F. 2052 Section 1. Section 217.41B, subsection 3, Code 2018, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 3. a. (1) Distribution of family planning services program 3 funds shall not be made to any entity that performs abortions 4 or that maintains or operates a facility where abortions 5 are performed , which shall not be interpreted to include a 6 nonpublic entity that is a distinct location of a nonprofit 7 health care delivery system, if the distinct location provides 8 family planning services but does not perform abortions 9 or maintain or operate as a facility where abortions are 10 performed . 11 (2) The department of human services shall adopt rules 12 pursuant to chapter 17A to require that as a condition of 13 eligibility as a provider under the family planning services 14 program, each distinct location of a nonprofit health care 15 delivery system shall enroll in the program as a separate 16 provider, be assigned a distinct provider identification 17 number, and complete an attestation that abortions are not 18 performed at the distinct location. 19 (3) For the purposes of this section, “nonprofit health 20 care delivery system” means an Iowa nonprofit corporation 21 that controls, directly or indirectly, a regional health 22 care network consisting of hospital facilities and various 23 ambulatory and clinic locations that provide a range of 24 primary, secondary, and tertiary inpatient, outpatient, and 25 physician services. 26 b. For the purposes of this section , “abortion” does not 27 include any of the following: 28 a. (1) The treatment of a woman for a physical 29 disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a 30 life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from 31 the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, 32 place the woman in danger of death. 33 b. (2) The treatment of a woman for a spontaneous abortion, 34 commonly known as a miscarriage, when not all of the products 35 -1- LSB 5530YH (3) 87 pf/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 2052 of human conception are expelled. 1 EXPLANATION 2 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 4 This bill provides for the participation of certain 5 providers in the state family planning services program. Under 6 the state family planning services program, distribution of 7 family planning services program funds are prohibited from 8 being made to any entity that performs abortions or that 9 maintains or operates a facility where abortions are performed. 10 The bill provides that any entity that performs abortions or 11 that maintains or operates a facility where abortions are 12 performed is not to be interpreted to include a nonpublic 13 entity that is a distinct location of a nonprofit health care 14 delivery system, if the distinct location provides family 15 planning services but does not perform abortions or maintain 16 or operate as a facility where abortions are performed. The 17 bill directs the department of human services to adopt rules 18 pursuant to Code chapter 17A to require that as a condition of 19 eligibility as a provider under the family planning services 20 program, each distinct location of a nonprofit health care 21 delivery system shall enroll in the program as a separate 22 provider, be assigned a distinct provider identification 23 number, and complete an attestation regarding non-provision 24 of abortions at the distinct location. The bill defines 25 “nonprofit health care delivery system” as an Iowa nonprofit 26 corporation that controls, directly or indirectly, a regional 27 health care network consisting of hospital facilities and 28 various ambulatory and clinic locations that provide a range 29 of primary, secondary, and tertiary inpatient, outpatient, and 30 physician services. 31 -2- LSB 5530YH (3) 87 pf/rh 2/ 2