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

Sponsored by the Senate Commerce Committee

Topics:Health care

Same legislation: HF 289, HF 625, SSB 3071, HF 2200

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2021
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2022
Done: Senate committeeFebruary 22, 2021
Done: Passes the SenateMarch 22, 202233–16
Skipped: House committeeSkipped
Done: Passes the HouseMarch 2, 202290–9
Done: To the GovernorMay 12, 2022
Done: Signed into lawMay 12, 2022

HF 2200 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 2200, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 2200 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary More types of healthcare workers, including dentists, would be allowed to sign direct care agreements with patients. These agreements let people pay a set fee for a specific period of time to receive medical or dental services. This change expands the group of professionals who can offer these types of service plans.¹

Read the official explanation

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. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to direct health care agreements that are fully executed on or after the date of enactment.

Changed since by amendments S-5075, H-8104; see Amendments.

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Senate subcommittee

Named January 27, 2022 (as SSB 3071). On February 2, 2022 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§135N.1

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Lobbying

8 for · 8 against · 43 undecided · Who →

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SSB 3071Renumbered

89th General Assembly

HF 289RenumberedHouse companion HF 625Renumberedfrom HF 289 HF 2200Became lawfrom HF 625 SF 2276Didn’t advancefrom SSB 3071