SF 572 (LSB 1770SV (1) 91)

SENATE FILE 572

BY  COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1186)

A BILL FOR

An Act prohibiting the licensure of certain entities of the People’s Republic of China to establish, conduct, or maintain a hospital or health care facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 135B.3, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   135B.3  Licensure.
   1.  No A person or governmental unit, acting severally or jointly with any other person or governmental unit shall not establish, conduct, or maintain a hospital or rural emergency hospital in this state without a license.
   2.  A license shall not be issued or renewed under this chapter for an instrumentality of the government of the People’s Republic of China, an individual who is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, or a business entity in which a majority interest is owned directly or indirectly by an instrumentality of the government of the People’s Republic of China, or an individual who is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China.
    Sec. 2.  Section 135C.6, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  a.  A person or governmental unit acting severally or jointly with any other person or governmental unit shall not establish or operate a health care facility in this state without a license for the facility.
   b.  A supported community living service, as defined in section 225C.21, is not required to be licensed under this chapter, but is subject to approval under section 225C.21 in order to receive public funding.
   c.  A license shall not be issued or renewed under this chapter for an instrumentality of the government of the People’s Republic of China, an individual who is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, or a business entity in which a majority interest is owned directly or indirectly by an instrumentality of the government of the People’s Republic of China, or an individual who is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill prohibits the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing from issuing or renewing a license to establish, conduct, or maintain a hospital or to establish or operate a health care facility for an instrumentality of the government of the People’s Republic of China (China), an individual who is a citizen of China, or a business entity in which a majority interest is owned directly or indirectly by an instrumentality of the government of China, or an individual who is a citizen of China.