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House File 2340

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  1  1                                         HOUSE FILE 2340
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO THE INCLUSION OF DENTISTS AND CERTAIN OTHER
  1  5    MEDICAL SPECIALISTS IN THE VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE
  1  6    PROVIDER PROGRAM.  
  1  7 
  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 
  1  9 
  1 10    Section 1.  Section 135.24, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
  1 11 amended to read as follows:
  1 12    1.  The director shall establish within the department a
  1 13 program to provide to eligible hospitals, clinics, or other
  1 14 health care facilities, health care referral programs, or
  1 15 charitable organizations, free medical and dental services
  1 16 given on a voluntary basis by health care providers.  A
  1 17 participating health care provider shall register with the
  1 18 department and obtain from the department a list of eligible,
  1 19 participating hospitals, clinics, or other health care
  1 20 facilities, health care referral programs, or charitable
  1 21 organizations.
  1 22    Sec. 2.  Section 135.24, subsection 2, paragraphs a and b,
  1 23 Code 1997, are amended to read as follows:
  1 24    a.  Procedures for registration of health care providers
  1 25 deemed qualified by the board of medical examiners, the board
  1 26 of physician assistant examiners, the board of dental
  1 27 examiners, and the board of nursing.
  1 28    b.  Criteria for and identification of hospitals, clinics,
  1 29 or other health care facilities, health care referral
  1 30 programs, or charitable organizations, eligible to participate
  1 31 in the provision of free medical or dental services through
  1 32 the volunteer health care provider program.  A health care
  1 33 facility, a health care referral program, a charitable
  1 34 organization, or a health care provider participating in the
  1 35 program shall not bill or charge a patient for any health care
  2  1 provider service provided under the volunteer health care
  2  2 provider program.
  2  3    Sec. 3.  Section 135.24, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  2  4 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  2  5    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  Identification of the medical services
  2  6 to be provided under the program.  The medical services
  2  7 provided shall include obstetrical and gynecological medical
  2  8 services.
  2  9    Sec. 4.  Section 135.24, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
  2 10 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  2 11    b.  Provided medical or dental services through a hospital,
  2 12 clinic, or other health care facility, health care referral
  2 13 program, or charitable organization listed as eligible and
  2 14 participating by the department pursuant to subsection 1.
  2 15    Sec. 5.  Section 135.24, subsection 4, Code 1997, is
  2 16 amended to read as follows:
  2 17    4.  For the purposes of this section, "charitable
  2 18 organization" means a charitable organization within the
  2 19 meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
  2 20 which has as its primary purpose the sponsorship or support of
  2 21 programs designed to improve the quality, awareness, and
  2 22 availability of medical or dental services to children and to
  2 23 serve as a funding mechanism for provision of medical or
  2 24 dental services, including but not limited to immunizations,
  2 25 to children in this state.
  2 26    Sec. 6.  Section 135.24, subsection 5, Code 1997, is
  2 27 amended to read as follows:
  2 28    5.  For the purposes of this section, "health care
  2 29 provider" means a physician licensed under chapter 148, 150,
  2 30 or 150A, a physician assistant licensed and practicing under a
  2 31 supervising physician pursuant to chapter 148C, a licensed
  2 32 practical nurse, or a registered nurse, or a dentist licensed
  2 33 to practice under chapter 153.  
  2 34 
  2 35 
  3  1                                                             
  3  2                               RON J. CORBETT
  3  3                               Speaker of the House
  3  4 
  3  5 
  3  6                                                             
  3  7                               MARY E. KRAMER
  3  8                               President of the Senate
  3  9 
  3 10    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  3 11 is known as House File 2340, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
  3 12 
  3 13 
  3 14                                                             
  3 15                               ELIZABETH ISAACSON
  3 16                               Chief Clerk of the House
  3 17 Approved                , 1998
  3 18 
  3 19 
  3 20                         
  3 21 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
  3 22 Governor
     

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