Senate
File
2139
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2139
BY
ZAUN
,
BOETTGER
,
SEYMOUR
,
REYNOLDS
,
NOBLE
,
BARTZ
,
JOHNSON
,
KAPUCIAN
,
HARTSUCH
,
HAHN
,
KETTERING
,
McKINLEY
,
HAMERLINCK
,
WARD
,
FEENSTRA
,
HOUSER
,
and
WIECK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
the
right
to
choose
health
care.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
1.19
Right
to
choose
health
care.
1
No
law
shall
restrict
a
person’s
natural
right
and
power
to
2
secure
the
blessings
of
liberty
to
choose
private
health
care
3
systems
or
private
health
care
plans.
No
law
shall
interfere
4
with
the
right
of
a
person
or
entity
to
pay
for
lawful
medical
5
services
to
preserve
life
or
health,
and
no
law
shall
impose
6
a
penalty,
tax,
fee,
or
fine,
of
any
type,
for
declining
or
7
failing
to
contract
for
health
care
coverage
or
for
declining
8
or
failing
to
participate
in
any
particular
health
care
9
system
or
plan,
except
as
required
by
a
court
of
law
where
10
an
individual
or
entity
is
a
named
party
in
a
legal
dispute.
11
Nothing
in
this
section
shall
be
construed
to
expand,
limit,
12
or
otherwise
modify
any
determination
of
law
regarding
what
13
constitutes
lawful
medical
services
within
the
state
of
Iowa.
14
EXPLANATION
15
This
bill
establishes
that
no
law
shall
restrict
a
person’s
16
right
to
choose
private
health
care
systems
or
private
health
17
care
plans.
In
addition
no
law
shall
interfere
with
the
right
18
of
a
person
or
entity
to
pay
for
lawful
medical
services,
or
19
impose
any
type
of
penalty,
tax,
fee,
or
fine
on
a
person
20
who
declines
or
fails
to
contract
for
health
care
coverage
21
or
declines
or
fails
to
participate
in
any
particular
health
22
care
system
or
plan.
The
provisions
of
the
bill
shall
23
not
be
construed
to
expand,
limit,
or
otherwise
modify
any
24
determination
of
what
constitutes
lawful
medical
services
in
25
the
state.
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