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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135.24, Code 1995, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    135.24  VOLUNTEER PHYSICIAN PROGRAM ESTABLISHED &endash; IMMUNITY
  1  4 FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.
  1  5    1.  The director shall establish within the department a
  1  6 program to provide to eligible hospitals, clinics, or other
  1  7 health care facilities, or health care referral programs, or
  1  8 charitable organizations, free medical services given on a
  1  9 voluntary basis by physicians licensed under chapter 148, 150,
  1 10 or 150A.  A participating physician shall register with the
  1 11 department and obtain from the department a list of eligible,
  1 12 participating hospitals, clinics, or other health care
  1 13 facilities, or health care referral programs, or charitable
  1 14 organizations.
  1 15    2.  The department, in consultation with the department of
  1 16 human services, shall adopt rules to implement the volunteer
  1 17 physician program which shall include the following:
  1 18    a.  Procedures for registration of physicians deemed
  1 19 qualified by the board of medical examiners.
  1 20    b.  Criteria for and identification of hospitals, clinics,
  1 21 or other health care facilities, or health care referral
  1 22 programs, or charitable organizations, eligible to participate
  1 23 in the provision of free medical services through the
  1 24 volunteer physician program.  A health care facility, a health
  1 25 care referral program, or a health care provider, or a
  1 26 charitable organization participating in the program shall not
  1 27 bill or charge a patient for any physician service provided
  1 28 under the volunteer physician program.
  1 29    3.  A physician providing free care under this section
  1 30 shall be considered an employee of the state under chapter 669
  1 31 and shall be afforded protection as an employee of the state
  1 32 under section 669.21, provided that the physician has done all
  1 33 of the following:
  1 34    a.  Registered with the department pursuant to subsection
  1 35 1.
  2  1    b.  Provided medical services through a hospital, clinic,
  2  2 or other health care facility, or a health care referral
  2  3 program, or a charitable organization listed as eligible and
  2  4 participating by the department pursuant to subsection 1.
  2  5    4.  For the purposes of this section, "charitable
  2  6 organization" means a charitable organization within the
  2  7 meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
  2  8 which has as one of its purposes the sponsorship or support of
  2  9 programs designed to improve the quality, awareness, and
  2 10 availability of medical services to children and to serve as a
  2 11 funding mechanism for provision of medical services, including
  2 12 but not limited to immunizations, to children in this state.  
  2 13                           EXPLANATION
  2 14    This bill provides for expansion of the entities through
  2 15 which volunteer physicians may provide medical services under
  2 16 the volunteer physician program.  The existing program
  2 17 provides for the utilization of volunteer physician services
  2 18 through a program established in the Iowa department of public
  2 19 health.  The current program provides immunity from civil
  2 20 liability for participating volunteer physicians.  The bill
  2 21 expands the entities through which these services may be
  2 22 provided to include charitable organizations which have as one
  2 23 purpose to sponsor or support programs designed to improve the
  2 24 quality awareness and availability of medical services to
  2 25 children and to serve as a funding mechanism for provision of
  2 26 medical services, including but not limited to immunizations,
  2 27 to children in this state.  
  2 28 LSB 2229SS 76
  2 29 pf/jj/8.1
     
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