Bill Text: IA HF190 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to cross-over visitation between residents or tenants in a shared campus long-term care facility during a national public health emergency or public health disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-28 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. Vote Total: 3-0 [HF190 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF190-Introduced.html
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BY
FRY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
cross-over
visitation
between
residents
or
1
tenants
in
a
shared
campus
long-term
care
facility
during
a
2
national
public
health
emergency
or
public
health
disaster.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
CROSS-OVER
VISITATION
——
RESIDENTS
AND
TENANTS
1
RESIDING
IN
SHARED
CAMPUS
FACILITY
——
EMERGENCY
OR
DISASTER.
2
1.
The
department
of
inspections
and
appeals
shall
require
3
a
long-term
care
facility
that
provides
various
levels
of
4
residential
care
in
a
shared
campus
setting
to
provide
for
5
cross-over
visitation
between
residents
or
tenants
who
are
6
related
by
consanguinity
or
affinity
to
maintain
or
improve
7
the
resident’s
or
tenant’s
health
and
well-being
during
a
8
national
public
health
emergency
or
public
health
disaster.
9
The
long-term
care
facility
may
require
compliance
with
public
10
health
precautions,
limit
the
site
of
the
cross-over
visitation
11
to
primarily
a
resident’s
or
tenant’s
room,
or
prescribe
other
12
measures
relative
to
such
visitation
to
ensure
the
safety
of
13
all
residents,
tenants,
and
staff.
The
department
shall
adopt
14
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
15
2.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section:
16
a.
“Assisted
living
program”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
17
section
231C.2.
18
b.
“Continuing
care
retirement
community”
means
the
same
as
19
defined
in
section
523D.1.
20
c.
“Cross-over
visitation”
means
visitation
between
an
21
individual
residing
in
a
portion
of
a
long-term
care
facility
22
providing
a
specified
level
of
care
and
an
individual
residing
23
in
another
portion
of
a
long-term
care
facility
providing
a
24
different
level
of
care.
25
d.
“Long-term
care
facility”
means
a
nursing
facility,
26
an
assisted
living
program,
a
continuing
care
retirement
27
community,
or
a
senior
adult
congregate
living
facility,
or
any
28
combination
of
such
facilities,
programs,
or
communities.
29
e.
“National
public
health
emergency”
means
a
public
health
30
emergency
declared
by
the
secretary
of
the
United
States
31
department
of
health
and
human
services
pursuant
to
section
319
32
of
the
federal
Public
Health
Services
Act,
Pub.
L.
No.
104-321,
33
42
U.S.C.
§247d.
34
f.
“Nursing
facility”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
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135C.1.
1
g.
“Public
health
disaster”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
2
section
135.140.
3
h.
“Resident”
means
a
person
residing
in
a
nursing
facility,
4
a
continuing
care
retirement
community,
or
a
senior
adult
5
congregate
living
facility.
6
i.
“Senior
adult
congregate
living
facility”
means
the
same
7
as
defined
in
section
523D.1.
8
j.
“Tenant”
includes
a
tenant
of
an
assisted
living
program
9
or
an
independent
living
tenant
of
a
continuing
care
retirement
10
community.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
provides
for
visitation
between
residents
and
15
tenants
of
long-term
care
facilities
during
a
national
public
16
health
emergency
or
public
health
disaster.
17
Under
the
bill,
the
department
of
inspections
and
appeals
18
(DIA)
shall
require
a
long-term
care
facility
that
provides
19
various
levels
of
residential
care
in
a
shared
campus
setting
20
to
provide
for
cross-over
visitation
between
residents
or
21
tenants
who
are
related
by
consanguinity
or
affinity
to
22
maintain
or
improve
the
resident’s
or
tenant’s
health
and
23
well-being
during
a
national
public
health
emergency
or
public
24
health
disaster.
The
long-term
care
facility
may
require
25
compliance
with
certain
precautionary
measures
relative
to
26
the
visit
to
ensure
the
safety
of
all
residents,
tenants,
and
27
staff.
DIA
shall
adopt
administrative
rules
to
administer
the
28
bill.
The
bill
provides
definitions
for
terms
used
in
the
29
bill
including
“cross-over
visitation”
which
means
visitation
30
between
an
individual
residing
in
a
portion
of
a
long-term
care
31
facility
providing
a
specified
level
of
care
and
an
individual
32
residing
in
another
portion
of
a
long-term
care
facility
33
providing
a
different
level
of
care;
“long-term
care
facility”;
34
“public
health
disaster”;
“resident”;
and
“tenant”.
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