Iowa HF 2125: A bill for an act relating to college athletics by requiring a name, image, and likeness financial literacy course for college athletes, exempting certain net income received by college athletes from the individual income tax, and allowing for deductions from individual and corporate income taxes for contributions made to college athletic collectives, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

Bill Text

House
File
2125
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Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
2125

BY
A.
MEYER

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
the
titles
physician
assistant
1

and
physician
associate.
2

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
147.74,
subsection
17,
Code
2026,
is
1

amended
to
read
as
follows:
2

17.
A
person
who
qualifies
for
licensure
as
a

physician
3

assistant
licensed
associate
under
chapter
148C
may
use
the
4

words
“physician
assistant

associate
”
after
the
person’s
name
5

or
signify
the
same
by
the
use
of
the
letters
“P.
A.”
after
the
6

person’s
name.
7

Sec.
2.
PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT
TITLE
CHANGE.
8

1.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
9

all
references
in
the
Iowa
Code
and
Iowa
Administrative
10

Code
to
“physician
assistant”
shall
be
revised
to
“physician
11

associate”.
The
terms
“physician
assistant”,
“physician
12

associate”,
and
“P.A.”
are
synonymous,
and
all
rights
and
13

responsibilities
of
a
physician
assistant
under
current
law
are
14

unaffected
by
the
change
in
title
to
“physician
associate”.
15

2.
All
persons
or
entities
employing,
coordinating
16

treatment
with,
following
orders
from,
training,
educating,
or
17

contracting
with
a
person
licensed
as
a
physician
assistant
18

or
educating
individuals
in
an
accredited
physician
assistant
19

or
physician
associate
education
program,
including
but
not
20

limited
to
a
hospital
or
other
health
care
facility,
physician,
21

third-party
payor,
the
federal
government,
and
malpractice
22

insurance
carriers,
shall
continue
the
relationship
without
23

interruption
or
alteration
as
a
result
of
the
change
in
24

title
to
“physician
associate”.
A
person
or
entity
shall
not
25

discriminate
against
an
individual
in
contracting
with
the
26

individual,
employment,
or
otherwise
solely
as
a
result
of
the
27

individual’s
use
of
the
title
“physician
associate”.
28

3.
During
the
time
before
the
title
“physician
associate”
29

enters
common
usage,
a
person
eligible
for
licensure
under
30

chapter
148C
may
use
the
title
“physician
assistant”,
31

“physician
associate”,
or
“P.A.”.
A
person
or
entity
32

interacting
with
a
person
using
the
title
“physician
associate”
33

is
entitled
to
rely
on
the
person
having
all
rights
and
34

responsibilities
of
a
physician
assistant.
35

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4.
The
change
in
title
from
“physician
assistant”
to
1

“physician
associate”
does
not
expand
or
alter
the
scope
of
2

practice
of
a
person
licensed
under
chapter
148C.
3

5.
Not
later
than
January
1,
2027,
each
agency
shall,
as
4

soon
as
practicable
and
in
the
most
cost-efficient
manner
5

possible,
make
amendments
to
active
versions
of
sub-regulatory
6

guidance,
documents,
and
forms
to
reflect
the
change
in
title
7

from
“physician
assistant”
to
“physician
associate”.
8

Sec.
3.
CODE
EDITOR
DIRECTIVE
——
TERMINOLOGY
CHANGES.
9

1.
The
Code
editor
is
directed
to
change
all
references
10

to
“physician
assistant”
and
its
derivatives
to
“physician
11

associate”
and
its
derivatives,
as
appropriate,
wherever
they
12

appear
in
the
Code,
including
in
sections
90A.1,
90A.8,
96.5,
13

124E.2,
135.1,
135.17,
135.24,
135.39D,
135.105D,
135.146,
14

135.190A,
135.194,
135B.1,
135B.7,
135G.1,
135G.3,
135H.3,
15

135J.1,
135P.1,
136A.2,
136C.3,
137.105,
139A.2,
139A.8,
16

139A.22,
139A.35,
139A.41,
141A.1,
141A.5,
141A.6,
141A.7,
17

142C.8,
144.26,
144.28,
144A.2,
144A.4,
144A.7A,
144B.1,
18

144B.5,
144B.6,
144D.1,
144D.2,
144D.3,
144D.4,
144F.2,
147.1,
19

147.2,
147.13,
147.14,
147.77,
147.107,
147.136,
147.136A,
20

147.138,
147A.1,
147A.8,
147A.9,
147A.10,
147A.13,
148C.1,
21

148C.2,
148C.3,
148C.4,
148C.5,
148C.8,
148C.9,
148C.11,
22

148C.13,
148F.7,
148G.1,
148H.4,
152.1,
152B.1,
152C.9,
152D.4,
23

152D.7,
154C.7,
154D.4,
154F.2,
155A.3,
155A.23,
189A.6,
225.9,
24

225.12,
225.15,
225.16,
228.1,
229.22,
232.68,
232.71B,
232.78,
25

232.79,
232.95,
233.1,
234.22,
235A.13,
237A.5,
237A.13,
249.3,
26

249A.4,
249A.4B,
249N.2,
252E.1,
256.222,
272C.1,
272C.2C,

27

280.13C,
280.16,
280A.1,
321.34,
321.186,
321.375,
321.446,
28

321J.7,
321J.11,
321L.2,
321L.2A,
411.5,
462A.14A,
489.1101,

29

489.1102,
489.1105,
496C.2,
496C.4,
496C.7,
514C.11,
514C.17,

30

514C.18,
514C.20,
514C.25,
514C.28,
514F.6,
614.1,
622.10,

31

668A.1,
669.2,
702.8,
707A.1,
730.5,
and
915.46.
32

2.
The
Code
editor
is
directed
to
make
changes
in
any
Code
33

sections
or
other
noncodified
enactments
amended
or
enacted
34

by
any
other
Act
to
correspond
with
the
changes
made
in
this
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Act
if
there
appears
to
be
no
doubt
as
to
the
proper
method
of
1

making
the
changes
and
the
changes
would
not
be
contrary
to
or
2

inconsistent
with
the
purposes
of
this
Act
or
any
other
Act.
3

Sec.
4.
AMENDMENTS
TO
ADMINISTRATIVE
RULES.
4

Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
chapter
17A
to
the
contrary,
5

an
agency
may
submit
amendments
to
administrati