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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 135B.1, Code 1999, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. "Off-site premises" means any facility 1 4 or organization that is operated at a location other than at a 1 5 main hospital campus but which functions as a department of 1 6 the hospital. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 135B.4, Code 1999, is amended by striking 1 8 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 1 9 135B.4 LICENSES APPLICATION, FEES, ISSUANCE, AND 1 10 RENEWAL. 1 11 1. Licenses shall be obtained from the department. 1 12 Applications shall be upon forms and shall contain information 1 13 as the department may require, which may include affirmative 1 14 evidence of ability to comply with standards and rules 1 15 prescribed under this chapter. Each application for license 1 16 shall be accompanied by the license fee, which shall be 1 17 deposited into the hospital education fund created pursuant to 1 18 section 135B.5. 1 19 2. Each hospital shall pay an initial license fee of one 1 20 hundred dollars. Hospitals with off-site premises shall pay 1 21 an additional license fee of twenty-five dollars for each off- 1 22 site premises maintained by the hospital. 1 23 3. Licenses shall be renewed annually. The annual license 1 24 renewal fee is one hundred dollars for each hospital. 1 25 Hospitals with off-site premises shall pay an additional 1 26 renewal fee of twenty-five dollars per off-site premises 1 27 maintained by the hospital. 1 28 4. Licenses shall be general, specific, or restricted in 1 29 form. Each license shall be issued only for the premises and 1 30 persons or governmental units approved by the department and 1 31 is not transferable or assignable except with the written 1 32 approval of the department. Licenses shall be posted in a 1 33 conspicuous place on the licensed premises as prescribed by 1 34 the department by rule. 1 35 5. Upon receipt of an application for a license and the 2 1 license fee, the department shall issue a license if the 2 2 applicant and hospital facilities comply with this chapter and 2 3 the rules of the department. 2 4 6. Each licensee shall receive annual reapproval upon 2 5 payment of the appropriate license fee and upon filing of an 2 6 application form available from the department. 2 7 Sec. 3. Section 135B.5, Code 1999, is amended by striking 2 8 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 2 9 135B.5 HOSPITAL EDUCATION FUND. 2 10 A hospital education fund is created within the department. 2 11 All hospital license fees collected under this chapter shall 2 12 be deposited into the fund. Amounts deposited shall be 2 13 utilized by the department to defray the costs of education 2 14 activities or services provided by the department to licensed 2 15 hospitals within the state. 2 16 Sec. 4. Section 135G.4, subsection 3, Code 1999, is 2 17 amended to read as follows: 2 18 3. Each application for a birth center license or renewal 2 19 of a license shall be accompanied by a license fee. The fee 2 20 amount shall beequivalent to the fee amount established for a2 21hospital in accordance with section 135B.4fifteen dollars. 2 22 The fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. 2 23 EXPLANATION 2 24 This bill changes the hospital license fee structure 2 25 charged by the department of inspections and appeals to 2 26 hospitals licensed by the state, and establishes a hospital 2 27 education fund into which license fees shall be deposited. 2 28 Previously, hospital license fees varied based upon the number 2 29 of beds in the hospital applying for licensure. The bill 2 30 provides a new fee structure consisting of an initial 2 31 application fee and annual renewal fee of $100 per hospital. 2 32 An additional initial application and renewal fee of $25 is 2 33 established for off-site premises maintained by a hospital 2 34 which are considered a department of the hospital. The bill 2 35 provides that license and renewal fees payable by a birth 3 1 center which, pursuant to Code section 135G.4, subsection 3, 3 2 currently corresponds to the level applicable to a hospital, 3 3 will be $15, which is the level specified in Code section 3 4 135B.4 prior to the effective date of the bill for hospitals 3 5 with 50 or fewer beds. 3 6 License fees collected by the department under the bill are 3 7 to be deposited into a hospital education fund which is also 3 8 established in the bill. Moneys in the hospital education 3 9 fund are to be utilized by the department to defray the costs 3 10 of providing educational activities and services by the 3 11 department to licensed hospitals within the state. 3 12 LSB 1297SV 78 3 13 rn/sc/14
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