Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2206
BY
SCHNEIDER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
institutional
health
facilities
under
the
1
newborn
safe
haven
Act.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
233.1,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
“Institutional
health
facility”
means
any
of
the
3
following:
4
(1)
a
A
hospital
as
defined
in
section
135B.1
,
including
5
a
facility
providing
medical
or
health
services
that
is
open
6
twenty-four
hours
per
day,
seven
days
per
week
and
is
a
7
hospital
emergency
room
or
a
health
care
facility
as
defined
8
in
section
135C.1
.
9
(2)
An
emergency
medical
care
provider
who
provides
10
emergency
medical
services
as
defined
in
section
147A.1.
11
(3)
A
licensed
emergency
care
facility,
as
defined
in
12
section
147A.21,
that
is
a
freestanding
facility.
13
(4)
A
licensed
child-placing
agency,
as
defined
in
section
14
238.1,
that
meets
all
of
the
following
criteria:
15
(a)
Agrees
to
act
as
a
designated
emergency
infant
care
16
provider.
17
(b)
Employs
a
licensed
registered
nurse
or
another
18
individual
who
performs
reasonable
acts
necessary
to
protect
19
the
physical
health
or
safety
of
the
newborn
infant.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
relates
to
institutional
health
facilities
24
authorized
under
the
newborn
safe
haven
Act
to
accept
the
25
voluntary
relinquishment
of
physical
custody
of
a
newborn
26
infant
by
a
parent
of
a
newborn
infant
up
to
14
days
old,
or
by
27
a
person
authorized
by
the
parent,
without
fear
of
prosecution
28
for
abandonment.
29
Under
current
law,
“institutional
health
facility”
means
30
a
hospital
including
a
facility
providing
medical
or
health
31
services
that
is
open
24
hours
per
day,
seven
days
per
week
and
32
is
a
hospital
emergency
room
or
a
health
care
facility.
33
The
bill
expands
the
definition
of
“institutional
health
34
facility”
to
include
an
emergency
medical
care
provider
who
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provides
emergency
medical
services,
a
freestanding
licensed
1
emergency
medical
care
facility,
and
a
licensed
child-placing
2
agency
that
meets
certain
criteria.
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