Amendment H-1021 to HF 144
Relating to rural emergency hospitals, including licensing requirements and fees, making penalties applicable, providing emergency rulemaking authority, and including applicability and effective date provisions
Never voted on
Filed February 14, 2023 in the House by
What it changes
- Page 1, by striking lines 19 and 20 and inserting “be considered staffed if a physician, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or physician assistant is available”
- Page 10, by striking line 5 and inserting “shall adopt emergency rules within six months of the effective date of this Act under section 17A.4, subsection 3,”
- Page 10, line 12, after “facility” by inserting “, or due to change in ownership, a successor facility,”
- Page 10, by striking lines 21 through 24 and inserting “in this Act, the reopening of a general hospital by a successor facility as specified under this section and subsequent conversion to a rural emergency hospital under this Act, shall not be subject to certificate of need requirements pursuant to section 135.63.”