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IA SSB3139
SB
Status
2/10/2026
Primary Sponsor
Health And Human Services
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AI Summary
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Requires physicians and osteopathic physicians in 18 specialty areas (including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, and cardiology) to complete a minimum of 1 hour of continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health every 4 years for license renewal.
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Removes certificate of need requirements for several categories of health services by striking paragraphs from Section 135.61 and related provisions in Iowa Code 2026.
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Exempts outpatient behavioral health facilities from certificate of need requirements, including substitution-based treatment centers for opiate addiction.
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Exempts open heart surgical services and organ transplantation services from certificate of need requirements.
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Exempts replacement equipment acquisitions valued over $1.5 million from certificate of need requirements for health care providers, institutional health facilities, and health maintenance organizations.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to health-related matters, including health-related professions, certificates of need, and nutrition, and including applicability provisions.(See SF 2367.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2367.
2/17/2026