90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 2038: Relating to the reporting of serious reportable events, and providing penalties
Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill relates to the reporting of serious reportable events by facilities including hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and pregnancy resource centers. The bill provides definitions used in the bill. The bill requires each facility to report to the director (director) of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing (DIAL) the occurrence of an applicable serious reportable event described in the bill as soon as is reasonably and practicably possible, but no later than working days after discovery of the event.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named January 16, 2024
- Sen. Jeff Edler (R)
- Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
- Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Council of Health Care Centers; National Alliance on Mental Illness - Iowa
In plain words
- January 11, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
- January 16, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Edler, Brown and Petersen
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF2038