Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF277: A BILL FOR An Act removing birth centers from the meaning of institutional health facility
Status: In committee, March 7, 2025
An Act removing birth centers from the meaning of institutional health facility.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act removing birth centers from the meaning of institutional health facility.
From the introduced text, February 10, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act removing birth centers from the meaning of institutional health facility. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2521YH (3) dg/ko H.F. Section 1. Section 10A.711, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended by striking the subsection. Sec. 2. Section 10A.711, subsection 13, paragraph f, Code 2025, is amended by striking the paragraph. Sec. 3. Section 135.119, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended by striking the paragraph. Sec. 4. Section 135.131, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: a. "Birth center" means birth center as defined in section 10A.711 a facility or institution, which is not an ambulatory surgical center or a hospital or in a hospital, in which births are planned to occur following a normal, uncomplicated, low-risk pregnancy. Sec. 5. Section 135P.1, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 3. "Health facility" means an institutional health facility as defined in section 10A.711, a birth center as defined in section 135.131, a hospice licensed under chapter 135J, a home health agency as defined in section 144D.1, an assisted living program certified under chapter 231C, a clinic, a community health center, or the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics, and includes any corporation, professional corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability …
Sponsors
- Bobby Kaufmann (R, 82) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Withdrawn. H.J. 871 .
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 887 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 0. Excused, 2. H.J. 352 .
- : Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 352 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/18/2025 8:30AM House Lounge.
- : Subcommittee: Lundgren, Matson and Wood. H.J. 291 .
- : Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 273 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 352 . (February 18, 2025): 19 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: health-related facilities, births
Common questions
- What is HF277?
- HF277 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act removing birth centers from the meaning of institutional health facility.
- What does HF277 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act removing birth centers from the meaning of institutional health facility.
- What is the status of HF277?
- In committee as of March 7, 2025. Latest action: Withdrawn. H.J. 871 . (March 31, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF277?
- Bobby Kaufmann (R, 82).
- Where is the official record for HF277?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0277&ga=91
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