House File 566 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  QUIRK


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the definition of a free clinic for the
  2    purposes of the volunteer health care provider program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1721HH 82
  5 pf/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135.24, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  "Free clinic" means a facility, other than a hospital
  1  4 or health care provider's office which is exempt from taxation
  1  5 under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which
  1  6 has as one of its sole purpose purposes the provision of
  1  7 health care services without charge to individuals who are
  1  8 otherwise unable to pay for the services.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill redefines "free clinic" for the purposes of the
  1 11 volunteer health care provider program.  The definition under
  1 12 current law provides that a free clinic has as its sole
  1 13 purpose the provision of health care services without charge
  1 14 to individuals who are otherwise unable to pay for the
  1 15 services.  Under the bill, the definition would provide that
  1 16 such provision of health care services is one of the free
  1 17 clinic's purposes.
  1 18 LSB 1721HH 82
  1 19 pf:nh/je/5