Bills › 90th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 31, 2024
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 15, 2024
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 2369
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 2369 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 2369 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary When a doctor orders a person to donate their own blood for their own medical procedure, blood banks and hospitals must follow that order. Blood banks are allowed to charge a fee to cover the costs of handling these specific types of donations. This rule ensures that people can provide their own blood for upcoming surgeries or treatments as directed by their physician.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to autologous or directed blood donations. The bill provides that a blood bank that facilitates autologous or directed blood donations shall comply with a physician’s order for an autologous or directed blood donation. A blood bank may charge a fee in an amount reasonable and necessary to cover the administrative costs to the blood bank of facilitating an autologous or directed blood donation ordered by a physician. The bill also provides that if a licensed hospital facilitates blood donations, the hospital shall allow an individual on whom a medical procedure is to be performed to provide an autologous or directed blood donation ordered by a physician for the medical procedure. The bill defines “autologous blood donation”, “blood bank”, and “directed blood donation” for the purposes of the bill.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 31, 2024. On February 5, 2024 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
3 written public comments to its subcommittee: February 5, 2024 (3) · on the Legislature’s site
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
0 for · 4 against · 6 undecided · Who →
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