Text: HSB00522 Text: HSB00524 Text: HSB00500 - HSB00599 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 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 confidential health care provider code as assigned 1 10 by the department. 1 11 b. The health facility. 1 12 c. The patient number. 1 13 d. The state of residence and, if this state, the county 1 14 of residence of the patient. 1 15 e. The race of the patient. 1 16 f. The age of the patient. 1 17 g. The marital status of the patient. 1 18 h. The educational level of the patient. 1 19 i. The number of previous pregnancies, live births, and 1 20 spontaneous or induced termination of pregnancies. 1 21 j. The month and year in which the termination occurred. 1 22 k. The number of weeks since the patient's last menstrual 1 23 period. 1 24 l. Complications, if any. 1 25 m. The cause of spontaneous termination, if known. 1 26 n. The type of termination procedure, if the termination 1 27 is induced. 1 28 2. The information shall be collected in a manner 1 29 specified by rule of the department, pursuant to chapter 17A, 1 30 and which ensures the anonymity of the patient who experiences 1 31 a termination of pregnancy, the health care provider who 1 32 identifies or induces a termination of pregnancy, and the 1 33 hospital, clinic, or other health facility in which a termina- 1 34 tion of pregnancy is identified or induced. The department 1 35 may share information with national public health officials 2 1 and shall publish, annually, demographic summaries of the 2 2 information obtained pursuant to this section, except that the 2 3 department shall not disclose any information obtained 2 4 pursuant to this section which reveals the identify of any 2 5 patient, health care provider, or hospital, clinic, or other 2 6 health facility, and shall ensure anonymity in the following 2 7 ways: 2 8 a. The department may use information concerning the 2 9 patient number or concerning the identity of a specific 2 10 reporting hospital, clinic, or other health facility only for 2 11 purposes of data collection. The department shall not 2 12 reproduce this information for any purpose, and shall not 2 13 extrapolate this information for any purposes other than for 2 14 use in annually publishing the demographic summary under this 2 15 section. 2 16 b. The department shall enter the data from any report of 2 17 termination submitted within thirty days of receipt of the 2 18 report and shall immediately destroy the report following 2 19 entry of the data. 2 20 3. Except as specified in subsection 2, reports, 2 21 information, and records submitted and maintained pursuant to 2 22 this section are strictly confidential and shall not be 2 23 released or made public upon subpoena, search warrant, 2 24 discovery proceedings, or by any other means. 2 25 4. For the purposes of this section, "health care 2 26 provider" means a person providing health care services of any 2 27 kind. 2 28 Sec. 2. Section 144.52, Code 1995, is amended by adding 2 29 the following new subsection: 2 30 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. Violates a provision of section 2 31 144.29A. 2 32 EXPLANATION 2 33 This bill requires the reporting of both spontaneous and 2 34 induced terminations of pregnancy to the Iowa department of 2 35 public health within 30 days of the occurrence. 3 1 The bill lists the information to be included in a report 3 2 and requires the department to adopt rules which specify the 3 3 collection procedures to be used and which ensure anonymity of 3 4 all parties related to the report. 3 5 The bill authorizes the Iowa department of public health to 3 6 share information with national public health officials, and 3 7 requires the department to annually publish demographic 3 8 summaries of the information obtained through the reports. 3 9 The bill also establishes the manner of use of the information 3 10 in order to ensure confidentiality of all parties related to 3 11 the report, including limiting the use of the data collected 3 12 to the annual publishing of the demographic summary and 3 13 requiring that entry of data from reports be performed within 3 14 30 days of the receipt of a report and that the data then be 3 15 immediately destroyed. The bill also provides that except as 3 16 otherwise specified in the bill, reports, information, and 3 17 records submitted and maintained under the bill are 3 18 confidential and are not to be released or made public upon 3 19 subpoena, search warrant, discovery proceedings, or by any 3 20 other means. 3 21 The bill establishes a penalty of a serious misdemeanor for 3 22 violation of reporting requirements of the bill. 3 23 LSB 3890HC 76 3 24 pf/jw/5
Text: HSB00522 Text: HSB00524 Text: HSB00500 - HSB00599 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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