HF 2200: Relating to direct health care agreements, and including effective date and applicability provisions

What it does

This bill relates to direct health care agreements. Current law allows certain primary care health professionals to enter into a direct primary care agreement with a patient to provide certain primary care health services for a set service charge that covers a specific period of time. The bill broadens the types of health care professionals that may enter into a direct health care agreement to include health care professionals that perform health care services. “Health care services” is defined in the bill as services for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, cure, or relief of a health condition, illness, injury, or disease, and includes dental care services.

Lobbying · 8 for, 8 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Brain Injury Alliance of Iowa; Easterseals Iowa; Epilepsy Foundation Iowa; Iowa Athletic Trainers Society; Iowa Physician Assistant Society; Nomi Health; Polk County Medical Society

Against: Common Good Iowa; Federation of Iowa Insurers; Full Circle Services, Inc.; Iowa ACEs 360; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Medica; United Healthcare Services, Inc.; Wellmark, Inc.

In plain words

1. February 1, 2022Filed in the House
2. March 2, 2022Passed the House, 90–9
3. March 2, 2022Arrived in the Senate
4. March 22, 2022Took the place of SF 2276 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
5. March 22, 2022Passed the Senate, 33–16
6. May 12, 2022Sent to the Governor
7. May 12, 2022Signed into law