Iowa 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HF 232 — A bill for an act relating to pronouncements of death by registered nurses and physician assistants. (Formerly HSB 19.) Effective 7-1-17.

Last action — Signed by Governor.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 06, 2017. Enacted.

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Bill Text

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17 added · 23 removed

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House File 232 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 232 BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 19) A BILL FOR An Act relating to pronouncements of death by registered nurses and physician assistants.
House File 232 - Enrolled House File 232 AN ACT RELATING TO PRONOUNCEMENTS OF DEATH BY REGISTERED NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
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For the purposes of this section, “medical services when the services are rendered under the supervision of a physician” includes making a pronouncement of death for a patient whose death is anticipated if the death occurs in a licensed hospital, a licensed health care facility, a correctional institution listed in section 904.102, a Medicare-certified home health agency, or a Medicare-certified hospice program or facility, with notice of the death to a physician and in accordance with the directions of a physician.
For the purposes of this section, “medical services when the services are rendered under the supervision of a physician” includes making a pronouncement of death for a patient whose death is anticipated if the death occurs in a licensed hospital, a licensed health care facility, a correctional institution listed in section 904.102, a House File 232, p.
EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
2 Medicare-certified home health agency, or a Medicare-certified hospice program or facility, with notice of the death to a physician and in accordance with the directions of a physician.
This bill adds correctional institutions under the control of the department of corrections, as enumerated in Code section 904.102, to the list of places where a nurse or a physician assistant may make a pronouncement of death for a patient whose death is anticipated.
______________________________ ______________________________ LINDA UPMEYER JACK WHITVER Speaker of the House President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 232, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.
Currently, nurses and physician assistants working in these institutions must request a doctor to make pronouncements of death.
______________________________ CARMINE BOAL Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2017 ______________________________ TERRY E.
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BRANSTAD Governor
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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor.

  2. Sent to Governor.

  3. Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President.

  4. Message from Senate.

  5. Immediate message.

  6. Passed Senate, ayes 48, nays 0.

  7. Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

  8. Committee report, recommending passage.

  9. Explanation of vote.

  10. Subcommittee: Greene, Garrett, and Mathis.

  11. Read first time, referred to Human Resources.

  12. Message from House.

  13. Immediate message.

  14. Passed House, ayes 99, nays 0.

  15. Introduced, placed on calendar.

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0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 148 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

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Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (148)

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