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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 142C.9A DOCUMENTATION OF
1 2 REQUESTS FOR ANATOMICAL GIFTS.
1 3 1. Beginning January 1, 1997, a hospital shall document
1 4 compliance with federal regulations and state rules relating
1 5 to referral of potential donors to an organ procurement
1 6 organization, by completing a certificate of request form for
1 7 each death occurring in the hospital. The Iowa department of
1 8 public health shall develop the certificate of request forms
1 9 and shall make the forms available to hospitals upon request.
1 10 A hospital may use a form developed by the hospital in lieu of
1 11 the departmental form. Forms developed shall provide for
1 12 inclusion of all of the following information:
1 13 a. The name of the hospital.
1 14 b. The hospital patient identification number.
1 15 c. The date of death of the decedent.
1 16 d. The age and sex of the decedent.
1 17 e. The cause of death of the decedent.
1 18 f. Whether a person authorized to make an anatomical gift
1 19 pursuant to section 142C.4 was contacted to obtain consent for
1 20 an anatomical gift and whether consent was obtained.
1 21 g. The name of the person making the request.
1 22 h. Whether a referral was made by the hospital to an organ
1 23 procurement organization or bank or storage organization.
1 24 i. The name of the person completing the certificate of
1 25 request form.
1 26 j. The signature of the person completing the certificate
1 27 of request form.
1 28 2. The hospital administrator shall retain a completed
1 29 certificate of request form in a centralized location for a
1 30 minimum of seven years following the date of a patient's
1 31 death.
1 32 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 142A.9B ANNUAL REPORTS &endash; IOWA
1 33 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
1 34 1. Beginning in 1998, a hospital shall submit an annual
1 35 report to the Iowa department of public health on or before
2 1 March 1 which includes all of the following:
2 2 a. The number of deaths occurring in the hospital in the
2 3 previous calendar year.
2 4 b. A copy of each certificate of request form completed in
2 5 the previous calendar year.
2 6 2. Notwithstanding the requirement for annual submission
2 7 of reports pursuant to subsection 1, a hospital which
2 8 demonstrates that a certificate of request was completed for
2 9 at least seventy percent of all deaths occurring at the
2 10 hospital in the previous calendar year is exempt from
2 11 submitting subsequent annual reports for the four-year period
2 12 following submission of the report which demonstrates
2 13 compliance.
2 14 3. The Iowa department of public health may inspect or may
2 15 request copies of certificate of request forms from a hospital
2 16 for any calendar year.
2 17 4. The Iowa department of public health shall provide an
2 18 organ procurement organization with a copy of the annual
2 19 report of any hospital upon request.
2 20 5. Any patient information provided to the Iowa department
2 21 of public health or to an organ procurement organization under
2 22 this section shall remain confidential.
2 23 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 142C.9C REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND
2 24 DUTIES OF ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND BANKS OR STORAGE
2 25 ORGANIZATIONS.
2 26 Beginning January 1, 1997, an organ procurement
2 27 organization and a bank or storage organization shall submit
2 28 an annual report to the Iowa department of public health which
2 29 shall include all of the following, as applicable:
2 30 1. The name of the organ procurement organization or bank
2 31 or storage organization submitting the report.
2 32 2. The total number of potential donor referrals received
2 33 by the organ procurement organization or bank or storage
2 34 organization and the names of the hospitals providing the
2 35 referrals.
3 1 3. The total number of actual anatomical gifts realized
3 2 and the names of the hospitals from which the anatomical gifts
3 3 originated.
3 4 4. In the case of an organ procurement organization, the
3 5 number of cases under subsections 2 and 3 which were referred
3 6 by a bank or storage organization.
3 7 EXPLANATION
3 8 This bill establishes documentation and reporting
3 9 requirements for hospitals, organ procurement organizations,
3 10 and banks or storage organizations relating to anatomical
3 11 gifts. The bill requires that beginning January 1, 1997, each
3 12 hospital is to document compliance with federal and state
3 13 requirements relating to anatomical gifts by completing a
3 14 certificate of request form for each death occurring in that
3 15 hospital. The bill specifies the information to be included
3 16 in the form, which is to be developed by and is to be made
3 17 available through the Iowa department of public health, or
3 18 which is to be provided by the hospital itself if the form
3 19 includes all of the specified information. Each hospital
3 20 administrator is to retain the completed certificates for a
3 21 minimum period of seven years following the date of the
3 22 patient's death.
3 23 The bill also requires that beginning January 1, 1998, each
3 24 hospital submit an annual report to the Iowa department of
3 25 public health on or before March 1 which includes the number
3 26 of deaths at the hospital and copies of all certificates of
3 27 request completed during the previous calendar year. If a
3 28 hospital demonstrates that certificates of request have been
3 29 completed for at least 70 percent of the deaths in the
3 30 hospital in the previous year, the hospital is exempt from
3 31 submitting an annual report for the following four years. The
3 32 Iowa department of public health is authorized to inspect or
3 33 request certificates of request for any hospital for any
3 34 calendar year and is directed to provide an organ procurement
3 35 organization with copies of the annual reports, upon the
4 1 request of the organization. The bill provides that patient
4 2 information provided to the department or to an organ
4 3 procurement organization is to remain confidential.
4 4 The bill also requires that beginning January 1, 1997, all
4 5 organ procurement organizations and banks or storage
4 6 organizations are to submit annual reports to the Iowa
4 7 department of public health which include the name of the
4 8 organ procurement organization and bank or storage
4 9 organization submitting the reports, the total number of
4 10 potential donor referrals received and the name of each
4 11 hospital making a referral, the total number of actual
4 12 anatomical gifts realized and the name of each hospital from
4 13 which the gift originated. For organ procurement
4 14 organizations, the reports are also to identify the cases of
4 15 potential donors and of anatomical gifts realized which were
4 16 referred by a bank or storage organization.
4 17 LSB 3658SC 76
4 18 pf/sc/14
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