Bill Text: IA SF51 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the submission and posting of hospital policies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-17 - Subcommittee: Edler, Alons, and Petersen. S.J. 143. [SF51 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-SF51-Introduced.html
Senate File 51 - Introduced SENATE FILE 51 BY PETERSEN , CELSI , DOTZLER , JOCHUM , T. TAYLOR , DONAHUE , KNOX , TRONE GARRIOTT , BENNETT , WEINER , WINCKLER , and WAHLS A BILL FOR An Act relating to the submission and posting of hospital 1 policies. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1484XS (2) 90 pf/rh
S.F. 51 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 135B.36 Hospital policies —— 1 submission to department —— posting. 2 1. A hospital licensed under this chapter shall no later 3 than September 1, 2023, submit to the department its policies 4 related to all of the following: 5 a. Admission. 6 b. Nondiscrimination. 7 c. Reproductive health care. 8 2. The department shall post a copy of the policies received 9 under subsection 1 on the department’s internet site. 10 3. If a hospital makes changes or additions to any of the 11 policies specified under subsection 1, the hospital shall 12 submit a copy of the changed or added policy to the department 13 within thirty days after the hospital approves the change or 14 addition. 15 4. A hospital shall post a copy of the policies provided 16 under subsection 1 on the hospital’s internet site where 17 the policies are readily accessible to the public, without 18 requiring a login credential or other restriction. 19 Sec. 2. CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE. The Code editor may 20 designate section 135B.36, as enacted in this Act, as a new 21 subchapter within chapter 135B, entitled “submission and 22 posting of hospital policies”. 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 requires a licensed hospital, no later than 27 September 1, 2023, to submit to the department of inspections 28 and appeals (DIA) its policies related to admission, 29 nondiscrimination, and reproductive health care. DIA shall 30 post a copy of the policies received on the department’s 31 internet site. If a hospital makes changes or additions to 32 any of the policies, the hospital shall submit a copy of 33 the changed or added policy to DIA within 30 days after the 34 hospital approves the change or addition. A hospital shall 35 -1- LSB 1484XS (2) 90 pf/rh 1/ 2
S.F. 51 post a copy of the policies on the hospital’s internet site 1 where the policies are readily accessible to the public without 2 requiring a login credential or other restriction. 3 -2- LSB 1484XS (2) 90 pf/rh 2/ 2
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