H.F. 2457 Section 1. Section 142D.3, subsection 2, Code 2014, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . f. The grounds of a long-term care facility. 3 Sec. 2. Section 142D.4, subsection 4, Code 2014, is amended 4 by striking the subsection. 5 EXPLANATION 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 7 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 8 This bill eliminates the exemption from the prohibitions 9 against smoking that allows smoking in private and semiprivate 10 rooms in long-term care facilities, occupied by one or more 11 individuals, all of whom are smokers and have requested in 12 writing to be placed in a room where smoking is permitted, 13 provided that smoke from these locations does not infiltrate 14 into areas in which smoking is otherwise prohibited. The bill 15 also prohibits smoking on the grounds of a long-term care 16 facility. 17 Long-term care facilities are defined as health care 18 facilities (residential care facilities, nursing facilities, 19 intermediate care facilities for persons with mental 20 illness, and intermediate care facilities for persons with 21 an intellectual disability); elder group homes; and assisted 22 living programs. 23 -1- LSB 5999YH (3) 85 pf/rj 1/ 1