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STATE OF IOWA
K IM REYNOLDS
G OVERNOR
May 27, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 933, an Act relating to pediatric palliative care centers, and including
effective date provisions.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely,
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Governor o
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 933
AN ACT
RELATING TO PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE CENTERS, AND INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act shall be known as - Mason's
Law - .
Sec. 2. Section 135C.1, Code 2025, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 16A. Pediatric palliative care patient"
means an individual described by all of the following:
a. The individual is under twenty-one years of age.
House File 933, p. 2
b. The individual has been diagnosed with a chronic,
complex, life- threatening illness that is expected to shorten
the individual's life expectancy.
c. The individual is not expected to survive past twenty-one
years of age.
Sec. 3. Section 135C.2, Code 2025, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. The department shall establish a
special classification within the residential care facility
category for residential care facilities which have the primary
purpose of serving pediatric palliative care patients and
that only provides respite care services and the services of
a hospice program as defined in section 1351.1. A facility
within the special classification established pursuant to
this subsection shall be exempt from section 10A.713. The
department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A which
shall include but not be limited to all of the following:
a. A residential care facility within the special
classification established pursuant to this subsection may be
referred to as a pediatric palliative care center.
b. A licensed residential care facility within the special
classification established pursuant to this subsection shall
be eligible for funding available to hospice programs licensed
under chapter 135J, and licensed residential care facilities
that treat individuals with an illness or disability, including
but not limited to funding from the federal social services
block grant, the state supplementary assistance program, the
hospice respite benefit, home and community- based services
waivers, any funding source under chapter 249A, and any benefit
a nursing facility may be eligible for related to respite care
services.
Sec. 4. EMERGENCY RULES. The department of health and
human services may adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4,
subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph " b",
to implement the provisions of this Act and the rules shall
be effective immediately upon filing unless a later date is
specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with
this section shall also be published as a notice of intended
action as provided in section 17A.4.
House File 933, p. 3
Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
importance, takes effect upon enactment.
PA GRASSEE
Speaker of the House
AMY SINC IR
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 933, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approve AM , 2025
If
MEff'AN NELSON
Ch' - f Clerk the House
KI • EYNOLDS
Governor