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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