House File 2364 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2364 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2015) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the establishment of a committee to study 1 professional licenses administered or supervised by the 2 department of public health’s professional licensure 3 division. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5518HV (2) 85 ad/nh

H.F. 2364 Section 1. PROFESSIONAL LICENSING LEGISLATIVE INTERIM 1 COMMITTEE. 2 1. The legislative council is requested to establish a 3 legislative interim committee composed of five members of the 4 house of representatives and five members of the senate to meet 5 during the 2014 legislative interim, to study professional 6 licenses administered or supervised by the department of public 7 health’s professional licensure division. 8 2. The committee shall work in conjunction with the 9 department of public health to conduct a study of professional 10 licenses and evaluate the effects of such licensing on the 11 economy and on public health and safety. The scope of the 12 evaluation pursuant to this section is limited to licenses 13 regulated by a board receiving administrative and clerical 14 support from the department of public health’s professional 15 licensure division pursuant to section 135.11A. The study 16 shall include all of the following: 17 a. Identification of all professional licenses, 18 registrations, and certifications administered or supported 19 by the department of public health’s professional licensure 20 division. 21 b. A review of all regulations and continuing education 22 requirements for each license, registration, or certification 23 and a comparison of those regulations and requirements to other 24 states’ regulations and requirements for similar professions. 25 c. An evaluation of whether the requirements and 26 regulations for each profession are important in protecting 27 public health and safety or whether the requirements and 28 regulations are intended to address other issues. 29 d. A determination of whether the requirements and 30 regulations pertain to all licensees within the profession 31 or whether any licensees are exempt from the requirements or 32 regulations, as well as an evaluation of the possible reasons 33 for any exemptions or exceptions. 34 e. A determination of whether any regulation or requirement 35 -1- LSB 5518HV (2) 85 ad/nh 1/ 3

H.F. 2364 is onerous to a particular professional. 1 f. A determination of whether specific professional 2 licenses, registrations, or certifications, or regulations, 3 requirements, or training for such licenses, registrations, 4 or certifications are necessary for public health and safety, 5 recommendations on the elimination of certain professional 6 licenses, registrations, or certifications, or regulations, 7 requirements, or training for such licenses, registrations, or 8 certifications, other recommendations, and cost projections for 9 any recommendations. 10 g. Other information the committee deems relevant. 11 3. The committee shall submit its findings and 12 recommendations to the general assembly by January 15, 2015. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill requests the legislative council to establish a 17 legislative interim committee to study professional licenses 18 administered or supervised by the department of public health’s 19 professional licensure division and the regulations and 20 requirements for those licenses. 21 The bill directs the committee to work with the Iowa 22 department of public health (IDPH) to conduct a study of 23 professional licenses to evaluate the effects of licensing on 24 the economy and on public health and safety. The evaluation 25 is limited to licenses regulated by a board receiving 26 administrative and clerical support from IDPH’s professional 27 licensure division. The bill states that the study must 28 include all of the following: the identification of all 29 professional licenses, registrations, and certifications 30 administered or supervised by IDPH’s professional licensure 31 division; a review of regulations and training requirements 32 for each license, registration, or certification and a 33 comparison to other states; an evaluation of the rationale 34 for the requirements and regulations for each professional 35 -2- LSB 5518HV (2) 85 ad/nh 2/ 3

H.F. 2364 license; a review of exceptions or exemptions from regulations 1 and requirements for professional licensure; a determination 2 of the hardship of regulations or requirements for the 3 professional licensure; and recommendations for elimination of 4 regulations or requirements for professional licensure, or the 5 elimination of certain professional licenses, registrations, 6 or certifications. 7 The bill directs the committee to submit its findings to the 8 general assembly by January 15, 2015. 9 -3- LSB 5518HV (2) 85 ad/nh 3/ 3