HF 2426 (LSB 5381HV (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2426

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 578)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the inspection obligations of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing associated with asbestos and hotel sanitation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 88B.3, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   4.  The department shall conduct an on-site inspection upon a complaint, referral, injury, accident, or media notification, or in case of imminent danger.
    Sec. 2.  Section 137C.12, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   137C.12  Inspection upon complaint.
   Upon receipt of a verified complaint signed by a guest of a hotel and stating facts indicating the place is in an insanitary condition, the regulatory authority shall conduct an inspection.  The inspector may enter the hotel at any reasonable hour to make the inspection. The management shall afford free access to every part of the premises and render all aid and assistance necessary to enable the inspector to make a thorough and complete inspection.
    Sec. 3.  REPEAL.  Section 137C.11, Code 2024, is repealed.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill strikes the requirement that the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing (DIAL) conduct an annual inspection of a business entity permitted to remove or encapsulate asbestos, and instead requires DIAL to inspect such entities upon complaints, referrals, injuries, accidents, or media notifications, or in case of imminent danger. 
   The bill also repeals the requirement that DIAL or a local board of health conduct biennial sanitation inspections of all hotels in Iowa. The bill moves certain provisions associated with inspections from the repealed provision to the provision requiring DIAL to inspect a hotel upon receiving a complaint.