SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS AND APPEALS BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to regular inspections of state-licensed health care facilities and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  REPEAL.  2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 127, sections 16 and 74, are repealed.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
    Sec. 3.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies retroactively to October 24, 2011.
EXPLANATION
   This bill repeals the moratorium on regular state-licensed-only health care facility inspections. The bill is effective upon enactment and applies retroactively to October 24, 2011.