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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2144 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO REGULATION AND INSPECTION OF HEALTH CARE 1 5 FACILITIES INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUALITY-BASED 1 6 INSPECTIONS SYSTEM. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 135C.16, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 1 11 amended to read as follows: 1 12 1. In addition to the inspections required by sections 1 13 135C.9 and 135C.38, the department shall make or cause to be 1 14 made such further unannounced inspections as it deems 1 15 necessary to adequately enforce this chapter. At least one 1 16 general unannounced inspection shall be conducted for each 1 17 health care facility within afifteen-monththirty-month 1 18 period. The inspector shall show identification to the person 1 19 in charge of the facility and state that an inspection is to 1 20 be made before beginning the inspection. An employee of the 1 21 department who gives unauthorized advance notice of an 1 22 inspection made or planned to be made under this subsection or 1 23 section 135C.38 shall be disciplined as determined by the 1 24 director, except that if the employee is employed pursuant to 1 25 the merit system provisions of chapter 19A the discipline 1 26 shall not exceed the discipline authorized pursuant to that 1 27 chapter. 1 28 Sec. 2. Section 135C.38, subsection 3, Code Supplement 1 29 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 30 3. An inspection made pursuant to a complaint filed under 1 31 section 135C.37 need not be limited to the matter or matters 1 32complained of; howeverincluded in the complaint. However, 1 33 the inspection shall not be a general inspection unless the 1 34 complaint inspection coincides with a scheduled general 1 35 inspection or unless in the course of the complaint 2 1 investigation a violation is evident to the inspector. Upon 2 2 arrival at the facility to be inspected, the inspector shall 2 3 show identification to the person in charge of the facility 2 4 and state that an inspection is to be made, before beginning 2 5 the inspection. Upon request of either the complainant or the 2 6 department or committee, the complainant or the complainant's 2 7 representative or both may be allowed the privilege of 2 8 accompanying the inspector during any on-site inspection made 2 9 pursuant to this section. The inspector may cancel the 2 10 privilege at any time if the inspector determines that the 2 11 privacy of any resident of the facility to be inspected would 2 12 otherwise be violated. The protection and dignity of the 2 13 resident shall be given first priority by the inspector and 2 14 others. 2 15 Sec. 3. QUALITY-BASED INSPECTIONS. 2 16 1. The department of inspections and appeals shall develop 2 17 and implement a quality-based inspections system for health 2 18 care facilities which are licensed only by the state pursuant 2 19 to chapter 135C. The quality-based system shall be used in 2 20 inspections of health care facilities beginning with the first 2 21 inspection of the facility subsequent to the inspection of 2 22 that facility during the period July 1, 2000, through 2 23 September 1, 2001. 2 24 2. The department of inspections and appeals shall convene 2 25 an advisory committee of stakeholders to monitor the 2 26 development and ongoing refinement of the criteria to be used 2 27 in conducting a quality-based inspection system. The advisory 2 28 committee shall consult with the department of inspections and 2 29 appeals regarding the ongoing distribution of the most current 2 30 criteria to all appropriate stakeholders. 2 31 3. The department of inspections and appeals shall submit 2 32 all of the following to the joint appropriations subcommittee 2 33 on administration and regulation, to the committees on human 2 34 resources of both houses, to the governor, and to the 2 35 legislative fiscal bureau: 3 1 a. On or before August 1, 2001, a report which includes 3 2 all of the following: 3 3 (1) The criteria used in the quality-based inspections 3 4 system. 3 5 (2) The survey and complaint activities completed in 3 6 fiscal year 1999-2000 and fiscal year 2000-2001 for health 3 7 care facilities licensed only by the state. 3 8 b. On or before February 1, 2001, an interim report, and 3 9 on or before August 1, 2001, a final report, regarding the 3 10 progress in developing and implementing the quality-based 3 11 inspections system. 3 12 Any of the reports submitted may also include such 3 13 additional information as requested by the joint 3 14 appropriations subcommittee on administration and regulation 3 15 and by the committees on human resources of both houses and 3 16 may contain recommendations by the department of inspections 3 17 and appeals of legislative action or program change. 3 18 3 19 3 20 3 21 MARY E. KRAMER 3 22 President of the Senate 3 23 3 24 3 25 3 26 BRENT SIEGRIST 3 27 Speaker of the House 3 28 3 29 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 3 30 is known as Senate File 2144, Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 3 31 3 32 3 33 3 34 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 3 35 Secretary of the Senate 4 1 Approved , 2000 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 6 Governor
Text: SF02143 Text: SF02145 Text: SF02100 - SF02199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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