Bill Text: IA HSB9 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations including a health care provider, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 310.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-10 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 310. [HSB9 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HSB9-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
9
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
NORDMAN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
assaults
on
persons
engaged
in
certain
1
occupations
including
a
health
care
provider,
and
making
2
penalties
applicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
708.3A,
subsection
5,
paragraph
d,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
d.
“Health
care
provider”
means
an
emergency
medical
care
3
provider
as
defined
in
chapter
147A
or
a
person
licensed
4
or
registered
under
chapter
148
,
148C
,
148D
,
or
152
who
is
5
providing
or
who
is
attempting
to
provide
emergency
medical
6
services,
as
defined
in
section
147A.1
,
or
who
is
providing
7
or
who
is
attempting
to
provide
health
services
as
defined
in
8
section
10A.711
in
working,
volunteering,
or
participating
9
in
an
educational
course
of
instruction
at
a
hospital
or
10
rural
emergency
hospital
as
defined
in
chapter
135B
.
A
11
person
who
commits
an
assault
under
this
section
against
a
12
health
care
provider
in
a
hospital,
or
at
the
scene
or
during
13
out-of-hospital
patient
transportation
in
an
ambulance,
is
14
presumed
to
know
that
the
person
against
whom
the
assault
is
15
committed
is
a
health
care
provider.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
relates
to
assaults
on
persons
engaged
in
certain
20
occupations
including
a
health
care
provider.
21
The
bill
amends
the
definition
of
“health
care
provider”
to
22
include
a
person
who
is
working,
volunteering,
or
participating
23
in
an
educational
course
of
instruction
at
a
hospital
or
rural
24
emergency
hospital.
25
An
assault
on
a
health
care
provider
can
result
in
penalties
26
including
a
serious
misdemeanor,
an
aggravated
misdemeanor,
or
27
a
class
“D”
felony.
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
28
confinement
for
no
more
than
one
year
and
a
fine
of
at
least
29
$430
but
not
more
than
$2,560.
An
aggravated
misdemeanor
is
30
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
two
years
and
a
fine
31
of
at
least
$855
but
not
more
than
$8,540.
A
class
“D”
felony
32
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
five
years
and
a
33
fine
of
at
least
$1,025
but
not
more
than
$10,245.
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