HF 2415 (LSB 5365HV (2) 87)

HOUSE FILE 2415

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2152)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for online reports of waivers and variances granted by the boards for certain medical professions and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  147.77  Waivers and variances —— report —— posting online.
   The board for each of the professions designated in section 147.13 shall post a report on the board’s internet site regarding waivers and variances granted by the board as provided in section 17A.9A. The report shall include for each waiver or variance the date the waiver or variance was granted, a citation of the rule or rules containing the requirements being waived or varied, a description of the subject matter of the rules, the duration of the waiver or variance, and a description of the rationale for granting the waiver or variance. The report shall be continually updated when a waiver or variance is granted by the board. Each board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section. 
    Sec. 2.  DIRECTIVE TO BOARDS —— RULEMAKING.  The board for each of the professions designated in section 147.13 shall submit a notice of intended action for the adoption of rules to implement section 147.77, as enacted in this Act, to the administrative rules coordinator and the administrative code editor pursuant to section 17A.4, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, not later than three business days after the first meeting of the board held at least three business days after the effective date of this Act.
    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the board for each of the medical professions designated in Code section 147.13 to post a report on the board’s internet site regarding waivers and variances granted by the board as provided in Code section 17A.9A. The bill specifies the content of the report and requires that the report be continually updated. 
   The bill requires each board to submit a notice of intended action for the adoption of rules to implement the bill to the administrative rules coordinator and the administrative code editor not later than three business days after the first meeting of the board held at least three business days after the effective date of the bill.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.