House File 341 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON and KAUFMANN


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring newborn birth information to be furnished to the
  2    Iowa department of public health by hospitals.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1780YH 82
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135B.7, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1  3    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The department shall adopt rules
  1  4 requiring hospitals to submit information to the department
  1  5 regarding newborn births at each hospital to assist with the
  1  6 monitoring and administration of programs including but not
  1  7 limited to the universal newborn and infant hearing screening
  1  8 program pursuant to section 135.131, the statewide obstetrical
  1  9 and newborn indigent patient care program pursuant to section
  1 10 135.152, and the newborn metabolic screening program pursuant
  1 11 to section 136A.5.  The information submitted shall include an
  1 12 assessment of the medical condition of a newborn child, and
  1 13 any circumstances observed prior to, during, or after the
  1 14 birth suggesting a need for continued medical intervention or
  1 15 observation.  A hospital submitting information pursuant to
  1 16 this paragraph shall assign an identification number to each
  1 17 newborn, so that the identity of the newborn shall remain
  1 18 confidential.  A release of information pursuant to this
  1 19 paragraph shall be consistent with the federal Health
  1 20 Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L.
  1 21 No. 104=191.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill provides that the department of public health
  1 24 shall adopt rules requiring hospitals to submit information to
  1 25 the department regarding newborn births.  The information
  1 26 submitted shall assist the department with the monitoring and
  1 27 administration of a nonexclusive list of programs relating to
  1 28 newborns specified in the bill.  The bill additionally
  1 29 provides that a hospital submitting such information shall
  1 30 assign an identification number to each newborn so that the
  1 31 identity of the newborn shall remain confidential, and that
  1 32 the release of information shall be consistent with the
  1 33 federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
  1 34 1996.
  1 35 LSB 1780YH 82
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