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  1  1                                           SENATE FILE 2390
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT 
  1  4 RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF DIVISIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
  1  5    OF INSPECTIONS AND APPEALS AND CODIFYING THE ESTABLISHMENT
  1  6    AND DUTIES OF THE EXISTING HEALTH FACILITIES DIVISION.  
  1  7 
  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  9 
  1 10    Section 1.  Section 10A.104, subsection 8, Code Supplement
  1 11 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1 12    8.  Establish by rule standards and procedures for
  1 13 certifying that targeted small businesses are eligible to
  1 14 participate in the procurement set-aside program established
  1 15 in sections 73.15 through 73.21.  The procedure for
  1 16 determination of eligibility shall not include self-
  1 17 certification by a business.  Rules and guidelines adopted
  1 18 pursuant to this subsection are subject to review and approval
  1 19 by the director of the department of management.  The director
  1 20 shall maintain a current directory of targeted small
  1 21 businesses which have been certified pursuant to this
  1 22 subsection.
  1 23    Sec. 2.  Section 10A.106, Code Supplement 1999, is amended
  1 24 to read as follows:
  1 25    10A.106  DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
  1 26    The department is comprised of the following divisions:
  1 27    1.  Administrative hearings division.
  1 28    2.  Audits division.
  1 29    3.  Investigations division.
  1 30    4.  Inspections division.
  1 31    5.  Health facilities division.
  1 32    The allocation of departmental duties to the divisions of
  1 33 the department in sections 10A.302, 10A.402, and 10A.502,
  1 34 10A.702, and 10A.801 does not prohibit the director from
  1 35 reallocating departmental duties within the department.  The
  2  1 director shall not reallocate any of the duties of the
  2  2 division of administrative hearings, created by section
  2  3 10A.801, to any other unit of the department.
  2  4    Sec. 3.  Section 10A.402, subsection 4, Code 1999, is
  2  5 amended by striking the subsection.
  2  6    Sec. 4.  Section 10A.502, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  2  7 follows:
  2  8    10A.502  RESPONSIBILITIES.
  2  9    The administrator shall coordinate the division's conduct
  2 10 of various inspections as otherwise provided for by law
  2 11 including but not limited to the following:
  2 12    1.  Inspections of land situated outside of the state which
  2 13 is proposed for sale within the state and licensing procedures
  2 14 related to social and charitable gambling pursuant to chapter
  2 15 99B.
  2 16    2.  Inspections of food establishments, including
  2 17 restaurants, hotels, food and beverage vending machines, state
  2 18 educational, charitable, correctional, and penal institutions,
  2 19 and sanitation inspections in any locality of the state upon
  2 20 the written petition of five or more residents of a particular
  2 21 locality.
  2 22    3.  Inspections and other licensing procedures relative to
  2 23 the hospice program, hospitals, and health care facilities.
  2 24 The division shall be the sole designated licensing authority
  2 25 for these programs and facilities.
  2 26    4.  Inspections relative to hospital and health care
  2 27 facility construction projects and licensing boards
  2 28 established within the department of public health, except the
  2 29 board of medical examiners, the board of pharmacy examiners,
  2 30 the board of dental examiners, and the board of nursing.
  2 31    5.  Inspections of child foster care facilities and private
  2 32 institutions for the care of dependent, neglected, and
  2 33 delinquent children.  
  2 34                           Article VII
  2 35                   HEALTH FACILITIES DIVISION
  3  1    Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  10A.701  DEFINITIONS.
  3  2    As used in this article, unless the context otherwise
  3  3 requires:
  3  4    1.  "Administrator" means the chief administrator who shall
  3  5 coordinate the administration of this division.
  3  6    2.  "Division" means the health facilities division of the
  3  7 department of inspections and appeals.
  3  8    Sec. 6.  NEW SECTION.  10A.702  RESPONSIBILITIES.
  3  9    The administrator shall coordinate the division's conduct
  3 10 of various inspections and investigations as otherwise
  3 11 provided by law, including but not limited to, all of the
  3 12 following:
  3 13    1.  Investigations relative to the standards and practices
  3 14 of hospitals, hospices, birth centers, and health care
  3 15 facilities.
  3 16    2.  Inspections and other licensing procedures relative to
  3 17 the hospice program, hospitals, birth centers, and health care
  3 18 facilities.  The division is designated as the sole licensing
  3 19 authority for these programs and facilities.
  3 20    3.  Inspections relative to hospital and health care
  3 21 facility construction projects.
  3 22    4.  Inspections of child foster care facilities and private
  3 23 institutions for the care of dependent, neglected, and
  3 24 delinquent children.  
  3 25 
  3 26 
  3 27                                                             
  3 28                               MARY E. KRAMER
  3 29                               President of the Senate
  3 30 
  3 31 
  3 32                                                             
  3 33                               BRENT SIEGRIST
  3 34                               Speaker of the House
  3 35 
  4  1    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  4  2 is known as Senate File 2390, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
  4  3 
  4  4 
  4  5                                                             
  4  6                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
  4  7                               Secretary of the Senate
  4  8 Approved                , 2000
  4  9 
  4 10 
  4 11                               
  4 12 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  4 13 Governor
     

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