Senate File 2033 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2033 BY PETERSEN , MATHIS , J. SMITH , WAHLS , JOCHUM , BISIGNANO , LYKAM , GIDDENS , QUIRMBACH , BOLKCOM , RAGAN , CELSI , HOGG , DOTZLER , BOULTON , and T. TAYLOR A BILL FOR An Act relating to providers participating in the state family 1 planning services program. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5558XS (6) 88 pf/rh
S.F. 2033 Section 1. Section 217.41B, subsection 2, Code 2020, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. Distribution of family planning services program funds 3 under this section shall be made in a manner that continues 4 access to family planning services and only to entities that 5 provide the broad range of acceptable and effective family 6 planning methods and services as required pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 7 pt. 59 . 8 Sec. 2. Section 217.41B, subsection 3, paragraph a, 9 subparagraph (3), Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: 10 (3) For the purposes of this section , “nonprofit health care 11 delivery system” means an any of the following: 12 (a) An Iowa nonprofit corporation that controls, directly 13 or indirectly, a regional health care network consisting of 14 hospital facilities and various ambulatory and clinic locations 15 that provide a range of primary, secondary, and tertiary 16 inpatient, outpatient, and physician services. 17 (b) A global nonprofit corporation that operates, through 18 affiliates, as the largest single provider of reproductive 19 health services in the United States and provides a range 20 of services including general health care services, women’s 21 health care services, men’s health care services, and patient 22 education. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill relates to providers under the state family 27 planning services program. 28 The bill provides that in addition to the current 29 requirement that distribution of family planning services 30 program funds be made in a manner that continues access to 31 family planning services, the bill adds a requirement that 32 distribution be made only to entities that provide the broad 33 range of acceptable and effective family planning methods 34 and services as required for federal Title X family planning 35 -1- LSB 5558XS (6) 88 pf/rh 1/ 2
S.F. 2033 services grants. 1 Additionally, the program prohibits the distribution of 2 family planning services program funds to an entity that 3 performs abortions or that maintains or operates a facility 4 where abortions are performed. However, this prohibition 5 is not to be interpreted to include a nonpublic entity that 6 is a distinct location of a nonprofit health care delivery 7 system if the distinct location provides family planning 8 services but does not perform abortions or maintain or operate 9 as a facility where abortions are performed and if, as a 10 condition of such eligibility, each distinct location of the 11 nonprofit health care delivery system enrolls in the state 12 family planning services program as a separate provider, 13 is assigned a distinct provider identification number, and 14 completes an attestation that abortions are not performed 15 at the distinct location. Under current law, a “nonprofit 16 health care delivery system” is defined as an Iowa nonprofit 17 corporation that controls, directly or indirectly, a regional 18 health care network consisting of hospital facilities and 19 various ambulatory and clinic locations that provide a range 20 of primary, secondary, and tertiary inpatient, outpatient, and 21 physician services. The bill expands this definition to also 22 include as a “nonprofit health care delivery system” a global 23 nonprofit corporation that operates, through affiliates, as 24 the largest single provider of reproductive health services in 25 the United States and provides a range of services including 26 general health care, women’s health care services, men’s health 27 care services, and patient education. 28 -2- LSB 5558XS (6) 88 pf/rh 2/ 2