Bill Text: IA SF285 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Bill 285 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to certificates of need for certain radiation therapy services, and including effective date and retroactive and other applicability provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-26 - Subcommittee, Mathis, Allen, and Johnson. S.J. 400. [SF285 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF285-Introduced.html

Senate File 285 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  SODDERS

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to certificates of need for certain radiation
  2    therapy services, and including effective date and
  3    retroactive and other applicability provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135.61, subsection 18, paragraph m,
  1  2 subparagraph (4), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    (4)  Radiation therapy service applying ionizing radiation
  1  4 for the treatment of malignant disease using megavoltage
  1  5 external beam equipment with a value in excess of five million
  1  6 dollars.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  1  8 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1  9    Sec. 3.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies
  1 10 retroactively to July 1, 2014.
  1 11    Sec. 4.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to certificate
  1 12 of need applications submitted on or after July 1, 2014, for
  1 13 radiation therapy service applying ionizing radiation for the
  1 14 treatment of malignant disease using megavoltage external beam
  1 15 equipment, and a party who is an affected person with respect
  1 16 to the application may seek a rehearing on the application
  1 17 pursuant to section 135.70.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 20 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 21    Currently, a certificate of need is required for all
  1 22 radiation therapy service applying ionizing radiation for the
  1 23 treatment of malignant disease using megavoltage external beam
  1 24 equipment.  Under the bill, a certificate of need would only
  1 25 be required for such radiation therapy service with a value in
  1 26 excess of $5 million.  The bill takes effect upon enactment,
  1 27 is retroactively applicable to July 1, 2014, and is applicable
  1 28 to certificate of need applications for radiation therapy
  1 29 services submitted on or after July 1, 2014, and a party who is
  1 30 an affected person with respect to the application may seek a
  1 31 rehearing on the application.
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