House File 310 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the staffing of health care facilities.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 1791YH 82
  4 jr/es/88

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135C.2, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  Rules and standards prescribed, promulgated, and
  1  4 enforced under this chapter shall not be arbitrary,
  1  5 unreasonable, or confiscatory and the department or agency
  1  6 prescribing, promulgating, or enforcing such rules or
  1  7 standards shall have the burden of proof to establish that
  1  8 such rules or standards meet such requirements and are
  1  9 consistent with the economic problems and conditions involved
  1 10 in the care and housing of persons in health care facilities.
  1 11 The rules shall not prohibit or restrict the staff of a
  1 12 facility which holds more than one license for each distinct
  1 13 part of that facility or provides other services not licensed
  1 14 under this chapter from providing services in more than one of
  1 15 the parts of the facility.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    Health care facilities may license distinct parts of the
  1 18 facility for different levels of care.  This bill prohibits
  1 19 the department of inspections and appeals from adopting any
  1 20 rule which would limit staff sharing between these different
  1 21 parts of the facility.
  1 22 LSB 1791YH 82
  1 23 jr:nh/es/88