HOUSE FILE 274

BY  VAN ENGELENHOVEN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to smoking prohibitions for certain locations providing health-related services, and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 142D.3, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  Within one hundred feet of any entrance to an organized outpatient health facility or outpatient surgical facility as defined in section 135.61, a hospital as defined in section 135B.1, or a long-term care facility.
EXPLANATION
   This bill prohibits smoking within 100 feet of any entrance to an organized outpatient health facility or outpatient surgical facility, a hospital, or a long-term care facility. Existing penalties which include monetary penalties, penalties applicable to a public nuisance, and license sanctions apply to violations of the bill.