Bill Text: IA HF2415 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: 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. (Formerly HF 2152.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-15 - Referred to State Government. H.J. 594. [HF2415 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2415-Introduced.html

House File 2415 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                     GOVERNMENT

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2152)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for online reports of waivers and variances
  2    granted by the boards for certain medical professions and
  3    including effective date provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  147.77  Waivers and variances ==
  1  2 report == posting online.
  1  3    The board for each of the professions designated in
  1  4 section 147.13 shall post a report on the board's internet
  1  5 site regarding waivers and variances granted by the board as
  1  6 provided in section 17A.9A.  The report shall include for each
  1  7 waiver or variance the date the waiver or variance was granted,
  1  8 a citation of the rule or rules containing the requirements
  1  9 being waived or varied, a description of the subject matter
  1 10 of the rules, the duration of the waiver or variance, and
  1 11 a description of the rationale for granting the waiver or
  1 12 variance. The report shall be continually updated when a
  1 13 waiver or variance is granted by the board. Each board shall
  1 14 adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  DIRECTIVE TO BOARDS == RULEMAKING.  The board for
  1 16 each of the professions designated in section 147.13 shall
  1 17 submit a notice of intended action for the adoption of rules
  1 18 to implement section 147.77, as enacted in this Act, to the
  1 19 administrative rules coordinator and the administrative code
  1 20 editor pursuant to section 17A.4, subsection 1, paragraph "a",
  1 21 not later than three business days after the first meeting of
  1 22 the board held at least three business days after the effective
  1 23 date of this Act.
  1 24    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
  1 25 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 28 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 29    This bill requires the board for each of the medical
  1 30 professions designated in Code section 147.13 to post a report
  1 31 on the board's internet site regarding waivers and variances
  1 32 granted by the board as provided in Code section 17A.9A.  The
  1 33 bill specifies the content of the report and requires that the
  1 34 report be continually updated.
  1 35    The bill requires each board to submit a notice of intended
  2  1 action for the adoption of rules to implement the bill to the
  2  2 administrative rules coordinator and the administrative code
  2  3 editor not later than three business days after the first
  2  4 meeting of the board held at least three business days after
  2  5 the effective date of the bill.
  2  6    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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