HF 2025 (LSB 5576HH (3) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2025

BY  HUNTER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to patient information concerning dialysis treatments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135B.7B  Dialysis procedures.

   A dialysis unit, whether part of a hospital or other facility, shall provide to each patient the written policy of medical care and general care of patients on the first day of admittance and annually thereafter.
EXPLANATION
   A dialysis unit is a facility or part of a facility used for the dialysis of patients with renal conditions. The main type of dialysis carried out in such units is hemodialysis. Patients undergoing hemodialysis usually are treated on an outpatient basis. This bill requires dialysis units to provide to each patient the written policy of medical care and general care of patients on the first day of admittance and annually thereafter.