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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 144.29A TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY
1 2 REPORTING.
1 3 1. A health care provider who identifies a spontaneous
1 4 termination of pregnancy or who induces a termination of
1 5 pregnancy shall file with the department a report for each
1 6 termination within thirty days of the occurrence. The report
1 7 shall contain all of the following information with respect to
1 8 each termination:
1 9 a. The health care provider.
1 10 b. The health facility.
1 11 c. The patient number.
1 12 d. The state of residence and, if this state, the county
1 13 of residence of the patient.
1 14 e. The race of the patient.
1 15 f. The age of the patient.
1 16 g. The marital status of the patient.
1 17 h. The educational level of the patient.
1 18 i. The number of previous pregnancies, live births, and
1 19 spontaneous or induced miscarriages of the patient.
1 20 j. The month and year in which the termination occurred.
1 21 k. The number of weeks since the patient's last menstrual
1 22 period.
1 23 l. Complications, if any.
1 24 m. The cause of termination, if known.
1 25 2. The information shall be collected in a manner
1 26 specified by rule of the department, pursuant to chapter 17A,
1 27 and which ensures the anonymity of the patient who experiences
1 28 a termination of pregnancy, the health care provider who
1 29 identifies or induces a termination of pregnancy, and the
1 30 hospital, clinic, or other health facility in which a termina-
1 31 tion of pregnancy is identified or induced. The department
1 32 shall publish, annually, demographic summaries of the
1 33 information obtained pursuant to this section, except that the
1 34 department shall not disclose any information obtained
1 35 pursuant to this section which reveals the identify of any
2 1 patient, health care provider, or hospital, clinic, or other
2 2 health facility, and shall ensure anonymity in the following
2 3 ways:
2 4 a. The department may use information concerning the
2 5 patient number or concerning the identity of a specific
2 6 reporting hospital, clinic, or other health facility only for
2 7 purposes of data collection. The department shall not
2 8 reproduce this information for any purpose, and shall not
2 9 extrapolate this information for any purposes other than for
2 10 use in annually publishing the demographic summary under this
2 11 section.
2 12 b. The department shall immediately destroy all reports
2 13 submitted after information is extrapolated from the reports
2 14 for use in annually publishing the demographic summary under
2 15 this section.
2 16 3. For the purposes of this section, "health care
2 17 provider" means a person providing health care services of any
2 18 kind.
2 19 Sec. 2. Section 144.52, Code 1995, is amended by adding
2 20 the following new subsection:
2 21 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. Violates a provision of section
2 22 144.29A.
2 23 EXPLANATION
2 24 This bill requires the reporting of both spontaneous and
2 25 induced terminations of pregnancy to the Iowa department of
2 26 public health within 30 days of the occurrence.
2 27 The bill lists the information to be included in a report
2 28 and requires the department to adopt rules which specify the
2 29 collection procedures to be used and which ensure anonymity of
2 30 all parties related to the report.
2 31 The bill also requires the Iowa department of public health
2 32 to annually publish demographic summaries of the information
2 33 obtained through the reports, and establishes the manner of
2 34 use of the information in order to ensure confidentiality of
2 35 all parties related to the report.
3 1 The bill establishes a penalty of a serious misdemeanor for
3 2 violation of reporting requirements of the bill.
3 3 LSB 2329YC 76
3 4 pf/jw/5
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