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House Amendment 8059

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend House File 2342 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  507B.10  POLICY OR
  1  5 PREMIUM CHANGES-HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
  1  6    1.  A person shall not deny insurance liability
  1  7 coverage to, cancel or fail to renew an insurance
  1  8 liability policy of, or increase the premiums of the
  1  9 insurance liability policy of a health care facility
  1 10 based upon the findings of an inspection of the health
  1 11 care facility which are not final findings.  Any such
  1 12 change in insurance liability policy coverage or
  1 13 premiums may only be taken based upon the findings of
  1 14 inspection in accordance with the following:
  1 15    a.  If the health care facility is issued a
  1 16 citation based upon the findings of an inspection and
  1 17 contests the citation pursuant to section 135C.41,
  1 18 subsection 2, the findings of the inspection shall not
  1 19 be used as the basis for such changes in policy or
  1 20 premiums until the results of the informal conference
  1 21 pursuant to section 135C.42 are available.  However,
  1 22 if the health care facility desires to further contest
  1 23 an affirmed or modified citation following an informal
  1 24 conference, the findings of the inspection shall not
  1 25 be used as the basis for such changes in policy or
  1 26 premiums until the final action of any contested case
  1 27 proceeding or until judicial review of the final
  1 28 action is completed and a decision is rendered.
  1 29    b.  If the health care facility is issued a
  1 30 citation based upon the findings of an inspection and
  1 31 initially contests the citation pursuant to section
  1 32 135C.43, subsection 1, the findings of the inspection
  1 33 shall not be used as the basis for such changes in
  1 34 policy or premiums until a final decision is rendered
  1 35 pursuant to section 17A.15.  However, if the health
  1 36 care facility desires to further contest the final
  1 37 decisions and petitions for judicial review pursuant
  1 38 to section 135C.43, subsection 2, the findings of the
  1 39 inspection shall not be used as the basis for such
  1 40 changes in policy or premiums until judicial review of
  1 41 the final action is completed and a decision is
  1 42 rendered.
  1 43    2.  For the purposes of this section, "health care
  1 44 facility" means the same as defined in section
  1 45 135C.1."
  1 46    #2.  Title page, line 1, by striking the word
  1 47 "reporting" and inserting the following:  "use".
  1 48    #3.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
  1 49 word "inspections" the following:  "in the
  1 50 modification of an insurance policy or insurance
  2  1 premiums".  
  2  2 
  2  3 
  2  4                               
  2  5 CHIODO of Polk
  2  6 HF 2342.501 79
  2  7 pf/pj
     

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