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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
REVIEW
BY
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
INSPECTIONS,
APPEALS,
AND
LICENSING
OF
CERTAIN
DEFICIENT
PRACTICES
BY
NURSING
FACILITIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
135C.40,
subsection
1,
paragraph
d,
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(1)
The
department
shall
establish
and
maintain
a
process
to
review
each
deficient
practice
identified
by
the
department
for
which
a
citation
may
be
issued
to
a
nursing
facility
for
immediate
jeopardy
or
substandard
quality
of
care
prior
to
issuance
of
final
findings
under
section
135C.40A
.
Representatives
of
the
nursing
facility
issued
such
a
citation
may
participate
in
the
review
to
provide
context
and
or
evidence
for
the
department
to
consider
in
determining
if
a
final
finding
of
immediate
jeopardy
or
substandard
quality
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care
should
be
issued.
The
review
shall
ensure
consistent
and
accurate
application
of
federal
and
state
inspection
protocols
and
defined
regulatory
standards.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
309,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2025
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor