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House Amendment 6087

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  1  1    Amend the Senate amendment, H-5821, to House File
  1  2 2369, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House,
  1  3 as follows:
  1  4    #1.  Page 1, line 11, by inserting after the figure
  1  5 "509," the following:  "509A,".
  1  6    #2.  Page 1, line 27, by striking the word
  1  7 "gynecologists." and inserting the following:
  1  8 "gynecologists which provide that when complications
  1  9 are not present, the postpartum hospital stay ranges
  1 10 from a minimum of forty-eight hours for a vaginal
  1 11 delivery to a minimum of ninety-six hours for a
  1 12 cesarean birth, excluding the day of delivery.  The
  1 13 guidelines adopted by rule by the commissioner shall
  1 14 also provide that in the event of a discharge from the
  1 15 hospital prior to the minimum stay established in the
  1 16 guidelines, a postdischarge follow-up visit shall be
  1 17 provided to the mother and newborn by providers
  1 18 competent in postpartum care and newborn assessment if
  1 19 determined medically appropriate as directed by the
  1 20 attending physician, in accordance with the
  1 21 guidelines."
  1 22    #3.  Page 1, line 31, by inserting after the word
  1 23 "stay" the following:  "and postdischarge follow-up
  1 24 care".
  1 25    #4.  Page 1, line 34, by inserting after the figure
  1 26 "509," the following:  "509A,".
  1 27    #5.  Page 1, by striking lines 37 through 40 and
  1 28 inserting the following:  "under chapter 514B, shall
  1 29 use the guidelines adopted by rule by the
  1 30 commissioner, and shall not deselect, require
  1 31 additional documentation, require additional
  1 32 utilization review, terminate services to, reduce
  1 33 payment to, or in any manner provide a disincentive to
  1 34 an attending physician solely on the basis that the
  1 35 attending physician provided or directed the provision
  1 36 of services in compliance with the guidelines adopted
  1 37 by rule."
  1 38    #6.  Page 1, by inserting before line 41 the
  1 39 following:
  1 40    "3.  Preauthorization or precertification for a
  1 41 hospital stay or for a postdischarge follow-up visit
  1 42 in accordance with the guidelines adopted by rule by
  1 43 the commissioner shall not be required."" 
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  1 46                              
  1 47 METCALF of Polk
  1 48 
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  1 50                              
  2  1 MARTIN of Scott
  2  2 
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  2  4                              
  2  5 DODERER of Johnson
  2  6 HF 2369.706 76
  2  7 pf/sc
     

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