House Amendment 8509


PAG LIN

     1  1    Amend Senate File 2356, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 13, after line 5 by inserting:
     1  4                          <DIVISION III
     1  5                      CHOICE OF HEALTHCARE
     1  6    Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  1.19  Right to choose health
     1  7 care.
     1  8    No law shall restrict a person's natural right and
     1  9 power to secure the blessings of liberty to choose
     1 10 private health care systems or private health care
     1 11 plans.  No law shall interfere with the right of a
     1 12 person or entity to pay for lawful medical services
     1 13 to preserve life or health, and no law shall impose a
     1 14 penalty, tax, fee, or fine, of any type, for declining
     1 15 or failing to contract for health care coverage or for
     1 16 declining or failing to participate in any particular
     1 17 health care system or plan, except as required by a
     1 18 court of law where an individual or entity is a named
     1 19 party in a legal dispute.  Nothing in this section
     1 20 shall be construed to expand, limit, or otherwise
     1 21 modify any determination of law regarding what
     1 22 constitutes lawful medical services within the state
     1 23 of Iowa.>
     1 24 #2.  Title page, line 4, after <exchange> by
     1 25 inserting <, and relating to the right to choose health
     1 26 care>
     1 27 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.


                                        
          ROBERTS of Carroll


                                        
          SORENSON of Warren
          SF2356.2475 (3) 83
          av/nh

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