Senate
Study
Bill
3111
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SMITH)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
elimination
of
the
hospital
licensing
1
board,
and
providing
for
repeals.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
135B.5,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
Upon
receipt
of
an
application
for
license
and
the
3
license
fee,
the
department
shall
issue
a
license
if
the
4
applicant
and
hospital
facilities
comply
with
this
chapter
,
5
chapter
135
,
and
the
rules
of
the
department.
Each
licensee
6
shall
receive
annual
reapproval
upon
payment
of
five
hundred
7
dollars
and
upon
filing
of
an
application
form
which
is
8
available
from
the
department.
The
annual
licensure
fee
shall
9
be
dedicated
to
support
and
provide
educational
programs
on
10
regulatory
issues
for
hospitals
licensed
under
this
chapter
in
11
consultation
with
the
hospital
licensing
board
.
Licenses
shall
12
be
either
general
or
restricted
in
form.
Each
license
shall
be
13
issued
only
for
the
premises
and
persons
or
governmental
units
14
named
in
the
application
and
is
not
transferable
or
assignable
15
except
with
the
written
approval
of
the
department.
Licenses
16
shall
be
posted
in
a
conspicuous
place
on
the
licensed
premises
17
as
prescribed
by
rule
of
the
department.
18
Sec.
2.
Section
135B.7,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
19
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
20
a.
The
department,
with
the
advice
and
approval
of
the
21
hospital
licensing
board
and
approval
of
the
state
board
of
22
health,
shall
adopt
rules
setting
out
the
standards
for
the
23
different
types
of
hospitals
to
be
licensed
under
this
chapter
.
24
The
department
shall
enforce
the
rules.
25
Sec.
3.
REPEAL.
Sections
135B.10
and
135B.11,
Code
2020,
26
are
repealed.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
relates
to
the
elimination
of
the
hospital
31
licensing
board.
The
current
duties
of
the
hospital
licensing
32
board,
which
is
comprised
of
six
individual
appointed
by
the
33
governor,
include
consulting
with
and
advising
the
department
34
of
public
health
(DPH)
in
matters
of
policy
affecting
the
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administration
of
Code
chapter
135B
(licensure
and
regulation
1
of
hospitals),
developing
rules
and
standards
provided
for
2
under
Code
chapter
135B,
and
reviewing
and
approving
rules
and
3
standards
authorized
under
Code
chapter
135B
prior
to
their
4
approval
by
the
state
board
of
health
and
adoption
by
the
5
department.
6
The
bill
eliminates
the
hospital
licensing
board
and
7
provides
that
DPH,
with
the
approval
of
the
state
board
of
8
health,
shall
adopt
rules
setting
out
the
standards
for
the
9
different
types
of
hospitals
to
be
licensed.
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