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File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
LAWLER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
exempting
cancer
care
providers
from
certificate
of
need
1
requirements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
135.61,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
“Cancer
care
provider”
means
any
of
the
3
following:
4
a.
An
outpatient
oncology
clinic.
5
b.
A
radiation
therapy
center.
6
c.
A
chemotherapy
infusion
center.
7
d.
An
outpatient
cancer
diagnostic
facility.
8
e.
An
oncology
surgical
center.
9
f.
An
ancillary
support
service
directly
related
to
cancer
10
treatment.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
135.62,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
12
following
new
subsection:
13
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
This
subchapter
shall
not
apply
to
a
14
cancer
care
provider.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
Under
current
law,
a
health
care
provider
(provider)
19
is
required
to
obtain
a
certificate
of
need
(CON)
from
the
20
department
of
health
and
human
services
if
the
provider
plans
21
to
offer
a
new
institutional
health
service
or
a
changed
22
institutional
health
service.
23
This
bill
defines
“cancer
care
provider”
and
exempts
cancer
24
care
providers
from
CON
requirements.
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