HF 422 (LSB 2053HV (3) 88)

RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES  VIA TELEHEALTH FOR THE CIVIL COMMITMENT UNIT FOR SEXUAL  OFFENDERS. 

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

    Section 1.  CIVIL COMMITMENT UNIT FOR SEXUAL OFFENDERS —— TELEHEALTH.  The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics when providing health care services to patients at the civil commitment unit for sexual offenders shall utilize telehealth instead of in-person delivery of health care services, to the greatest extent medically appropriate, to reduce transportation, staffing, and other costs to the civil commitment unit for sexual offenders, which would otherwise be incurred through the provision of in-person delivery of health 

care services. The civil commitment unit for sexual offenders shall document the use of telehealth under this section and any resulting savings in costs and staffing.

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LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House

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CHARLES SCHNEIDER
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 422, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.

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CARMINE BOAL
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved _______________, 2019

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor