Bill Text: IA HF752 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to professional licensing, including by providing for a review of professional licenses and allowing for preapplication qualification reviews, and providing fees. (Formerly HF 666 and HSB 180.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-16 - Subcommittee reassigned: Schultz, Giddens, and R. Smith. S.J. 976. [HF752 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF752-Amended.html
House
File
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
752
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
666)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
180)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
April
1,
2019
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
professional
licensing,
including
by
1
providing
for
a
review
of
professional
licenses
and
allowing
2
for
preapplication
qualification
reviews,
and
providing
3
fees.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
2.69,
subsection
4,
Code
2019,
is
amended
1
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0d.
Review
and
analyze
approximately
3
one-third
of
all
professional
licenses,
certifications,
and
4
registrations
available
in
the
state
during
each
two-year
5
period,
such
that
each
license,
certification,
and
registration
6
shall
be
reviewed
within
six
years.
The
committee
may
require
7
the
submission
of
information
by
the
relevant
licensing,
8
certifying,
or
registering
entities
and
other
interested
9
parties.
The
committee
shall
consider
the
direct
and
indirect
10
costs,
utility,
and
health
and
safety
implications
of
requiring
11
such
licenses,
certifications,
and
registrations.
The
12
committee
shall
include
in
the
report
required
pursuant
to
13
paragraph
“d”
a
recommendation,
including
all
supporting
14
documents
and
documents
related
to
the
committee’s
work
on
15
the
review,
regarding
whether
the
legislature
should
enact
16
legislation
that:
17
(a)
Repeals
a
professional
license,
certification,
or
18
registration.
19
(b)
Converts
an
occupational
license
to
a
certification
or
20
registration,
or
converts
a
certification
to
a
registration.
21
(c)
Changes
the
requisite
qualifications
for
a
professional
22
license,
certification,
or
registration.
23
(d)
Redefines
the
scope
of
practice
of
a
professional
24
license,
certification,
or
registration.
25
(e)
Reflects
any
other
recommendation
made
by
the
26
committee.
27
Sec.
2.
Section
2.69,
subsection
4,
paragraph
d,
Code
2019,
28
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
29
d.
Issue
a
report,
including
its
findings
and
30
recommendations,
to
the
general
assembly.
The
report
shall
be
31
assigned
to
a
standing
committee
in
each
house
of
the
general
32
assembly
during
the
succeeding
legislative
session
following
33
the
submission
of
the
report
for
review
and
recommendations.
34
Sec.
3.
Section
84A.5,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
35
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following
new
subsection:
1
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
16.
Maintain
a
list
on
the
internet
site
of
2
the
department
of
workforce
development
of
each
professional
3
license,
certification,
and
registration
issued
in
the
state
4
and
the
requirements
to
receive
each
license,
certification,
or
5
registration.
The
department
of
workforce
development
shall
6
update
the
list
as
soon
as
practicable
after
the
conclusion
of
7
each
session
of
the
general
assembly.
8
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
272C.13
Disqualifications
for
criminal
9
convictions
limited.
10
An
individual
may
petition
a
licensing
board,
in
a
form
11
prescribed
by
the
licensing
authority,
for
a
determination
as
12
to
whether
the
individual’s
criminal
record
will
prevent
the
13
individual
from
receiving
a
license.
The
licensing
board
shall
14
issue
such
determinations
within
thirty
days
of
receipt.
The
15
licensing
board
may
charge
a
fee
to
recoup
the
costs
of
such
16
a
determination,
provided
that
such
a
fee
shall
not
exceed
17
twenty-five
dollars.
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