Iowa HF 2564: A bill for an act making appropriations to the department of cultural affairs, the economic development authority, the Iowa finance authority, the public employment relations board, the department of workforce development, the state board of regents and certain regents institutions, providing for properly related matters, and including applicability provisions. Effective date: 07/01/2022. Applicability date: 01/01/2023.

Bill Text

House
File
2564
-
Enrolled

House
File
2564

AN
ACT

RELATING
TO
A
PREGNANT
MINOR’S
LEGAL
CAPACITY
TO
CONSENT
TO
THE

PROVISION
OF
CERTAIN
MEDICAL
CARE.

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:

Section
1.
NEW
SECTION

.
135.196
Pregnancy
care
for
minors.

1.
If
a
parent,
guardian,
or
legal
custodian
of
a
minor

is
not
reasonably
available,
the
minor
shall
have
the

legal
capacity
to
give
consent
to
the
provision
of
prenatal

care,
intrapartum
care,
or
postnatal
care
to
the
minor
by
a

physician,
a
physician’s
designee,
an
advanced
registered

nurse
practitioner,
a
physician
assistant,
a
registered
nurse,

a
licensed
practical
nurse,
or
an
emergency
medical
care

provider.

House
File
2564,
p.
2

2.
Subsection
1
shall
not
be
construed
to
relieve
a

physician,
a
physician’s
designee,
an
advanced
registered
nurse

practitioner,
a
physician
assistant,
a
registered
nurse,
a

licensed
practical
nurse,
or
an
emergency
medical
care
provider

of
the
duty
to
obtain
informed
consent
from
the
minor
patient

for
the
provision
of
such
care.

______________________________

PAT
GRASSLEY

Speaker
of
the
House

______________________________

AMY
SINCLAIR

President
of
the
Senate

I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and

is
known
as
House
File
2564,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.

______________________________

MEGHAN
NELSON

Chief
Clerk
of
the
House

Approved
_______________,
2026
______________________________

KIM
REYNOLDS

Governor