H.F. 211 Section 1. CIVIL COMMITMENT UNIT FOR SEXUAL OFFENDERS 1 —— TELEHEALTH. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics 2 when providing health care services to patients at the 3 civil commitment unit for sexual offenders shall utilize 4 telehealth instead of in-person delivery of health care 5 services, to the greatest extent medically appropriate, to 6 reduce transportation, staffing, and other costs to the civil 7 commitment unit for sexual offenders, which would otherwise be 8 incurred through the provision of in-person delivery of health 9 care services. The civil commitment unit for sexual offenders 10 shall document the use of telehealth under this section and any 11 resulting savings in costs and staffing. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill directs the university of Iowa hospitals and 16 clinics which provides health care services to patients at 17 the civil commitment unit for sexual offenders (CCUSO) to 18 utilize telehealth instead of in-person delivery of health 19 care services, to the greatest extent medically appropriate, 20 to reduce transportation, staffing, and other costs to CCUSO, 21 which would otherwise be incurred through the provision of 22 in-person delivery of health care services. The bill requires 23 CCUSO to document the use of telehealth under this Code section 24 and any resulting savings in costs and staffing. 25 -1- LSB 2053YH (2) 88 pf/rh 1/ 1