House
File
933
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Enrolled
House
File
933
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
PEDIATRIC
PALLIATIVE
CARE
CENTERS,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
SHORT
TITLE.
This
Act
shall
be
known
as
“Mason’s
Law”.
Sec.
2.
Section
135C.1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
16A.
“Pediatric
palliative
care
patient”
means
an
individual
described
by
all
of
the
following:
a.
The
individual
is
under
twenty-one
years
of
age.
House
File
933,
p.
2
b.
The
individual
has
been
diagnosed
with
a
chronic,
complex,
life-threatening
illness
that
is
expected
to
shorten
the
individual’s
life
expectancy.
c.
The
individual
is
not
expected
to
survive
past
twenty-one
years
of
age.
Sec.
3.
Section
135C.2,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5A.
The
department
shall
establish
a
special
classification
within
the
residential
care
facility
category
for
residential
care
facilities
which
have
the
primary
purpose
of
serving
pediatric
palliative
care
patients
and
that
only
provides
respite
care
services
and
the
services
of
a
hospice
program
as
defined
in
section
135J.1.
A
facility
within
the
special
classification
established
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
be
exempt
from
section
10A.713.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
which
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
to
all
of
the
following:
a.
A
residential
care
facility
within
the
special
classification
established
pursuant
to
this
subsection
may
be
referred
to
as
a
pediatric
palliative
care
center.
b.
A
licensed
residential
care
facility
within
the
special
classification
established
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
be
eligible
for
funding
available
to
hospice
programs
licensed
under
chapter
135J,
and
licensed
residential
care
facilities
that
treat
individuals
with
an
illness
or
disability,
including
but
not
limited
to
funding
from
the
federal
social
services
block
grant,
the
state
supplementary
assistance
program,
the
hospice
respite
benefit,
home
and
community-based
services
waivers,
any
funding
source
under
chapter
249A,
and
any
benefit
a
nursing
facility
may
be
eligible
for
related
to
respite
care
services.
Sec.
4.
EMERGENCY
RULES.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
may
adopt
emergency
rules
under
section
17A.4,
subsection
3,
and
section
17A.5,
subsection
2,
paragraph
“b”,
to
implement
the
provisions
of
this
Act
and
the
rules
shall
be
effective
immediately
upon
filing
unless
a
later
date
is
specified
in
the
rules.
Any
rules
adopted
in
accordance
with
this
section
shall
also
be
published
as
a
notice
of
intended
action
as
provided
in
section
17A.4.
House
File
933,
p.
3
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
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
933,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2025
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor