Senate
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Enrolled
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
REGULATION
OF
HOSPITALS,
INCLUDING
THE
ISSUANCE
OF
LICENSES
AND
THE
CONVERSION
OF
HOSPITALS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
135B.5,
subsection
1,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
Upon
receipt
of
an
application
for
license
and
the
license
fee,
the
department
shall
issue
a
license
if
the
applicant
and
hospital
facilities
comply
with
this
chapter
,
chapter
135,
and
the
rules
of
the
department.
Each
licensee
shall
receive
annual
reapproval
upon
payment
of
five
hundred
dollars
and
upon
filing
of
an
application
form
which
is
available
from
the
department.
The
annual
licensure
fee
shall
be
dedicated
to
support
and
provide
educational
programs
on
regulatory
issues
for
hospitals
licensed
under
this
chapter
in
consultation
with
the
hospital
licensing
board.
Licenses
shall
be
either
general
or
restricted
in
form.
Each
license
shall
be
issued
only
for
the
premises
and
persons
or
governmental
units
named
in
the
application
and
is
not
transferable
or
assignable
except
with
the
written
approval
of
the
department.
Licenses
shall
be
posted
in
a
conspicuous
place
on
the
licensed
premises
as
prescribed
by
rule
of
the
department.
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
135B.5A
Conversion
of
a
hospital.
A
conversion
of
a
long-term
acute
care
hospital,
rehabilitation
hospital,
or
psychiatric
hospital
as
defined
by
federal
regulations
to
a
general
hospital
or
to
a
specialty
Senate
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p.
2
hospital
of
a
different
type
is
a
permanent
change
in
bed
capacity
and
shall
require
a
certificate
of
need
pursuant
to
section
135.63.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2334,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor