Iowa 2023-2024 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF2199

Introduced
1/29/24  
Introduced
1/29/24  

Caption

A bill for an act relating to health care employment agencies, including the statewide maximum allowable charges schedule applicable to nursing services provided by health care employment agency workers, providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(See HF 2391.)

Impact

The impact of HF2199 on state law is substantial, as it enforces stricter compliance measures and penalties for health care employment agencies. Agencies found in violation of the bill's provisions, such as failing to register or submitting inaccurate documentation, face penalties ranging from monetary fines to the revocation of their registration for up to three years. Moreover, if agencies engage in fraudulent practices, such as employing workers with falsified credentials, they are subject to immediate revocation and significant financial consequences. This aims to enhance accountability and uphold standards in health care service delivery.

Summary

House File 2199 focuses on the operations and regulations surrounding health care employment agencies within the state. The bill requires these agencies to register annually with the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL), paying a registration fee and compliance with specific guidelines. A vital feature of the bill is the establishment of a statewide maximum allowable charges schedule for the nursing services provided by agency workers, intended to ensure that charges do not exceed 150% of the statewide average wage for similar services. This schedule will be updated each year and affects all registered agencies across various locations.

Contention

While HF2199 aims to improve regulations, there are points of contention, particularly regarding the enforcement of penalties and the implications of the statewide maximum allowable charges. Critics argue that such regulations may complicate operations for smaller agencies or those serving more specific populations, potentially limiting their ability to compete or even survive in the industry. Furthermore, there are concerns that penalties might disproportionately affect agencies serving lower-income clients, impacting access to care. The requirement for substantial penalties and the conditions under which agencies can be penalized has sparked discussions on balancing regulatory oversight with the need for supportive practices in the health care job market.

Companion Bills

IA HF2391

Similar To A bill for an act relating to health care employment agencies, including the statewide maximum allowable charges schedule applicable to nursing services provided by health care employment agency workers, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 2199.)

Previously Filed As

IA HF2391

A bill for an act relating to health care employment agencies, including the statewide maximum allowable charges schedule applicable to nursing services provided by health care employment agency workers, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 2199.)

IA HF357

A bill for an act relating to health care employment agencies, health care employment agency workers, and health care entities, providing for the use of annual registration fees, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 24.) Effective date: 07/01/2023. Applicability date: 01/01/2019.

IA SF327

A bill for an act relating to health care employment agencies, health care employment agency workers, and health care entities, providing for the use of annual registration fees, and including retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 1044.)

IA HSB24

A bill for an act relating to health care employment agencies, health care employment agency workers, and health care entities, and including retroactive applicability provisions.(See HF 357.)

IA SSB1044

A bill for an act relating to health care employment agencies, health care employment agency workers, and health care entities, and including retroactive applicability provisions.(See SF 327.)

IA HF2698

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for veterans and health and human services, including other related provisions and appropriations including but not limited to the personal needs allowance for certain persons under Medicaid and the state supplementary assistance programs, replacement generation tax revenues, the Medicaid fraud and health care trust funds, the retention of certain revenues by the mental health institutes, the retention of Medicaid eligibility by residents of mental health institutes, the scope of services of the state resource centers, the appropriation of moneys in the juvenile detention home fund, the family investment program account and diversion program, the child support collection services center refund account, the quality assurance assessment payment period, the centers of excellence grant program, an assisted living program revised payment model study, funding for county commissions of veteran affairs, foster care provisions including those relating to a relative or fictive kin, health care employment agencies and health care technology platforms, medical cannabidiol practitioner requirements, nursing facility oversight, and state-funded psychiatry residency and fellowship positions, providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. Effective date: 05/09/2024, 07/01/2024. Applicability date: 07/01/2022, 07/01/2023.

IA SF2304

A bill for an act relating to oversight for long-term care facilities, providing penalties, making an appropriation, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

IA HSB601

A bill for an act relating to money transmission services, providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(See HF 2262.)

IA HF2057

A bill for an act relating to the more options for maternal support program, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(See HF 2267.)

IA SSB1213

A bill for an act relating to appropriations for veterans and health and human services and including other related provisions and appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive and other applicability date provisions.(See SF 561.)

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