House Amendment 8708


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2700 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 21, by inserting after line 14 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  Section 135.63, subsection 2, paragraph
     1  5 l, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1  6    l.  The replacement or modernization of any
     1  7 institutional health facility if the replacement or
     1  8 modernization does not add new health services or
     1  9 additional bed capacity for existing health services,
     1 10 notwithstanding any provision in this division to the
     1 11 contrary.  With reference to a hospital, "replacement"
     1 12 means establishing a new hospital that demonstrates
     1 13 compliance with all of the following criteria through
     1 14 evidence submitted to the department:
     1 15    (1)  Is designated as a critical access hospital
     1 16 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. } 1395i=4.
     1 17    (2)  Serves at least seventy=five percent of the
     1 18 same service area that was served by the prior
     1 19 hospital to be closed and replaced by the new
     1 20 hospital.
     1 21    (3)  Provides at least seventy=five percent of the
     1 22 same services that were provided by the prior hospital
     1 23 to be closed and replaced by the new hospital.
     1 24    (4)  Is staffed by at least seventy=five percent of
     1 25 the same staff, including medical staff, contracted
     1 26 staff, and employees, as constituted the staff of the
     1 27 prior hospital to be closed and replaced by the new
     1 28 hospital.>
     1 29 #2.  Page 21, line 22, by striking the words <one
     1 30 thousand> and inserting the following:  <five
     1 31 hundred>.
     1 32 #3.  Page 21, line 24, by inserting after the word
     1 33 <department.> the following:  <The annual licensure
     1 34 fee shall be dedicated to support and provide
     1 35 educational programs on regulatory issues for
     1 36 hospitals licensed under this chapter in consultation
     1 37 with the hospital licensing board.>
     1 38 #4.  Page 22, by striking lines 1 through 35 and
     1 39 inserting the following:
     1 40    <Sec.    .  Section 135B.10, Code 2007, is amended
     1 41 to read as follows:
     1 42    135B.10  HOSPITAL LICENSING BOARD.
     1 43    The governor shall appoint five six individuals who
     1 44 possess recognized ability in the field of hospital
     1 45 administration, to serve as the hospital licensing
     1 46 board within the department.  Five members shall
     1 47 possess recognized ability in the field of hospital
     1 48 administration and one member shall be a member of the
     1 49 general public.>
     1 50 #5.  Page 40, by striking lines 12 and 13.
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     2  5 HF 2700.234 82
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