A bill for an act relating to the statute of repose in medical malpractice claims.

SF 2 amends Iowa's medical malpractice law by adding a second exception to the six-year deadline for filing claims. Currently, the six-year deadline (statute of repose) doesn't apply if a foreign object was unintentionally left in a patient's body. This bill adds that the deadline also doesn't apply if a healthcare provider or their staff concealed the cause of injury or death. It directly affects patients who discover medical negligence later due to concealment by physicians, dentists, hospitals, or other licensed providers.