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1 1 Amend the amendment, H-5541, to Senate File 2448,
1 2 as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
1 3 follows:
1 4 #1. Page 21, by inserting after line 15 the
1 5 following:
1 6 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 135.23 GROUP B
1 7 STREPTOCOCCUS.
1 8 1. A physician providing prenatal care shall
1 9 routinely furnish pregnant patients with written
1 10 information, to be developed or approved by the
1 11 department, regarding group B streptococcus disease
1 12 incidence, risks, prevention strategies, diagnosis,
1 13 and treatment. Prevention strategy information shall
1 14 include the significance and availability of screening
1 15 cultures that may be useful in determining whether or
1 16 not a pregnant patient is colonized with group B
1 17 streptococcus.
1 18 2. If a screening culture is taken and the patient
1 19 tests positive for group B streptococcus colonization,
1 20 the physician or designated member of the physician's
1 21 staff shall report this status to the hospital or
1 22 birth facility to which the patient is to be admitted.
1 23 The information shall be entered upon the patient's
1 24 medical records by a physician or designated hospital
1 25 or birth facility staff member prior to or at the time
1 26 of delivery.
1 27 3. As used in this section, "physician" means a
1 28 physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery or
1 29 osteopathic medicine and surgery.
1 30 4. If the centers for disease control and
1 31 prevention of the United States department of health
1 32 and human services, with the concurrence of the
1 33 American academy of pediatrics and the American
1 34 college of obstetrics and gynecology, determines that
1 35 culture screenings of pregnant women to identify those
1 36 who may be at greater risk of delivering babies with
1 37 group B streptococcus disease is no longer an
1 38 appropriate strategy or is replaced by a treatment
1 39 modality which renders the culture screening
1 40 unnecessary, the director shall adopt rules pursuant
1 41 to section 17A.4, subsection 2, and section 17A.5,
1 42 subsection 2, paragraph "b", to reflect the
1 43 determination."
1 44 #2. Page 22, by inserting after line 28 the
1 45 following:
1 46 "Sec. . GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS EMERGENCY RULES.
1 47 The Iowa department of public health shall adopt rules
1 48 pursuant to section 17A.4, subsection 2, and section
1 49 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", necessary to
1 50 administer the provisions of section 135.23, as
2 1 enacted by this Act. The rules shall become effective
2 2 July 1, 1996."
2 3 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
2 4
2 5
2 6
2 7 BLODGETT of Cerro Gordo
2 8 SF 2448.205 76
2 9 rn/jj
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