Senate File 2160 - Enrolled
Senate File 2160
AN ACT
RELATING TO AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTERS.
2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 10A.711, subsection 2, Code 2024, is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 2. “Ambulatory surgical center” means ambulatory surgical
4 center as defined in section 135R.1 a distinct facility that
5 operates primarily for the purpose of providing surgical
6 services to patients not requiring hospitalization and in which
7 the expected duration of services does not exceed twenty-four
8 hours following an admission. “Ambulatory surgical center”
9 includes a facility certified or seeking certification as an
10 ambulatory surgical center under the federal Medicare program
11 or under the medical assistance program established pursuant
12 to chapter 249A. “Ambulatory surgical center” does not include
13 the individual or group practice office of a private physician,
14 podiatrist, or dentist who there engages in the lawful practice
15 of surgery, or the portion of a licensed hospital designated
16 for outpatient surgical treatment.
17 Sec. 2. Section 10A.713, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
18 by adding the following new paragraph:
19 NEW PARAGRAPH. q. Cosmetic, reconstructive, or plastic
20 surgery services provided in an ambulatory surgical center
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21 licensed under chapter 135R.
22 Sec. 3. Section 135R.3, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
23 to read as follows:
24 1. An applicant for an ambulatory surgical center license
25 shall submit an application to the department. Applications
26 shall be upon such forms and shall include such information
27 as the department may reasonably require, which may include
28 affirmative evidence of the ability to comply with reasonable
29 rules and standards prescribed under this chapter but which
30 shall not exceed either the requirements for applications
31 required by Medicare, or an accreditation standard for the
32 joint commission, the American association for accreditation of
33 ambulatory surgical facilities, the accreditation association
34 for ambulatory health care, or an accrediting organization with
35 deeming authority authorized by the centers for Medicare and
1 Medicaid services of the United States department of health and
2 human services.
3 Sec. 4. Section 135R.4, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
4 to read as follows:
5 1. The department, with the advice and approval of the
6 council on health and human services, shall adopt rules
7 specifying the standards for ambulatory surgical centers to be
8 licensed under this chapter. The rules shall be consistent
9 with and shall not exceed the requirements of this chapter and
10 the conditions for coverage in the federal Medicare program
11 for ambulatory surgical centers under 42 C.F.R. pt. 416,
12 or an accreditation standard for the joint commission, the
13 American association for accreditation of ambulatory surgical
14 facilities, the accreditation association for ambulatory health
15 care, or an accrediting organization with deeming authority
16 authorized by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of
17 the United States department of health and human services.
18 Sec. 5. Section 135R.5, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended
19 to read as follows:
20 2. The department shall recognize, in lieu of its own
21 licensure inspection, the comparable inspection and inspection
22 findings of a Medicare conditions for coverage survey completed
23 by the department or an accrediting organization survey from an
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24 accrediting organization with deeming authority authorized by
25 the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United
26 States department of health and human services. An ambulatory
27 surgical center utilizing an accrediting organization survey
28 to satisfy the requirements of this section shall submit an
29 accreditation certificate to the department within thirty days
30 of completion of each accrediting organization survey.
______________________________ ______________________________
AMY SINCLAIR PAT GRASSLEY
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2160, Ninetieth General Assembly.
______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 10A.711, 135R.3, 135R.4, 135R.5
Enrolled: 10A.711, 135R.3, 135R.4, 135R.5