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HOUSE
FILE
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BY
KAUFMANN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
removing
birth
centers
from
the
meaning
of
institutional
1
health
facility.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
10A.711,
subsection
3,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
10A.711,
subsection
13,
paragraph
f,
Code
3
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
4
Sec.
3.
Section
135.119,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
5
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
6
Sec.
4.
Section
135.131,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
7
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
a.
“Birth
center”
means
birth
center
as
defined
in
section
9
10A.711
a
facility
or
institution,
which
is
not
an
ambulatory
10
surgical
center
or
a
hospital
or
in
a
hospital,
in
which
11
births
are
planned
to
occur
following
a
normal,
uncomplicated,
12
low-risk
pregnancy
.
13
Sec.
5.
Section
135P.1,
subsection
3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
14
to
read
as
follows:
15
3.
“Health
facility”
means
an
institutional
health
facility
16
as
defined
in
section
10A.711
,
a
birth
center
as
defined
in
17
section
135.131,
a
hospice
licensed
under
chapter
135J
,
a
18
home
health
agency
as
defined
in
section
144D.1
,
an
assisted
19
living
program
certified
under
chapter
231C
,
a
clinic,
a
20
community
health
center,
or
the
university
of
Iowa
hospitals
21
and
clinics,
and
includes
any
corporation,
professional
22
corporation,
partnership,
limited
liability
company,
limited
23
liability
partnership,
or
other
entity
comprised
of
such
health
24
facilities.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
removes
birth
centers
from
the
meaning
of
29
institutional
health
facility
(facility).
Under
current
30
law,
certain
health
care
providers
are
required
to
obtain
a
31
certificate
of
need
(CON)
from
the
department
of
inspections,
32
appeals,
and
licensing
prior
to
creating
or
expanding
a
33
facility
or
introducing
certain
medical
services
within
a
34
specific
area.
By
operation
of
law,
removing
birth
centers
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from
the
meaning
of
facility
would
allow
health
care
providers
1
to
create,
relocate,
expand,
or
offer
new
services
in
birth
2
centers
without
the
need
to
obtain
a
CON.
3
The
bill
makes
conforming
changes
to
Code
sections
10A.711
4
(health
facilities
council
——
definitions),
135.119
(shaken
5
baby
syndrome
prevention
program),
135.131
(universal
newborn
6
and
infant
hearing
screening),
and
135P.1
(adverse
health
care
7
incidents
——
communication
——
confidentiality).
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