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1 1 Amend House File 235 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting
1 3 clause and inserting the following:
1 4 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 144.29A TERMINATION OF
1 5 PREGNANCY REPORTING.
1 6 1. A health care provider who initially identifies
1 7 and diagnoses a spontaneous termination of pregnancy
1 8 or who induces a termination of pregnancy shall file
1 9 with the department a report for each termination
1 10 within thirty days of the occurrence. The report
1 11 shall contain all of the following information with
1 12 respect to each termination:
1 13 a. The confidential report tracking number.
1 14 b. Whether the patient is age eighteen or over or
1 15 under the age of eighteen.
1 16 c. The marital status of the patient.
1 17 d. That an induced termination has occurred if the
1 18 termination is induced.
1 19 2. It is the intent of the general assembly that
1 20 the information shall be collected, reproduced,
1 21 released, and disclosed for the purposes of preventing
1 22 unwanted pregnancies, decreasing the pregnancy rate of
1 23 individuals under eighteen years of age, promoting the
1 24 health and welfare of Iowa, and securing federal
1 25 funding, in a manner specified by rule of the
1 26 department, pursuant to chapter 17A. The department
1 27 may share information with federal public health
1 28 officials for the purposes of securing federal funding
1 29 or conducting public health research. However, in
1 30 sharing the information, the department shall not
1 31 relinquish control of the information, and any
1 32 agreement entered into by the department with federal
1 33 public health officials to share information shall
1 34 prohibit the use, reproduction, release, or disclosure
1 35 of the information by federal public health officials
1 36 in a manner which violates this section. The
1 37 department shall publish, annually, a demographic
1 38 summary of the information obtained pursuant to this
1 39 section, except that the department shall not
1 40 reproduce, release, or disclose any information
1 41 obtained pursuant to this section which reveals the
1 42 identity of any patient, health care provider,
1 43 hospital, clinic, or other health facility, and shall
1 44 ensure anonymity in the following ways:
1 45 a. The department shall use a confidential report
1 46 tracking number for the sole purpose of information
1 47 collection and verification prior to entry of the
1 48 information. Following collection and verification of
1 49 the information, the department shall use, reproduce,
1 50 release, and disclose any information collected only
2 1 for the purpose of annually publishing the demographic
2 2 summary.
2 3 b. The department shall enter the information,
2 4 from any report of termination submitted, within
2 5 thirty days of receipt of the report, and shall
2 6 immediately destroy the report following entry of the
2 7 information. However, entry of the information from a
2 8 report shall not include any health care provider,
2 9 hospital, clinic, or other health facility
2 10 identification information.
2 11 c. To protect confidentiality, the department
2 12 shall limit release of information to release in an
2 13 aggregate form which avoids identification of any
2 14 individual patient, health care provider, hospital,
2 15 clinic, or other health facility. For the purposes of
2 16 this paragraph, "aggregate form" means a compilation
2 17 of the information received by the department of
2 18 termination of pregnancies for each information item
2 19 listed, with the exceptions of the confidential report
2 20 tracking number, and any set of information for which
2 21 the amount is so small that confidentiality of any
2 22 person to whom the information relates may be
2 23 compromised. "Aggregate form" also means that any
2 24 compilation of information shall not be based on an
2 25 area which is smaller than a region of the department
2 26 of human services.
2 27 3. Except as specified in subsection 2, reports,
2 28 information, and records submitted and maintained
2 29 pursuant to this section are strictly confidential and
2 30 shall not be released or made public upon subpoena,
2 31 search warrant, discovery proceedings, or by any other
2 32 means.
2 33 4. A health care provider shall assign a
2 34 confidential report tracking number which enables the
2 35 health care provider to access the patient's medical
2 36 information without identifying the patient.
2 37 5. To ensure proper performance of the reporting
2 38 requirements under this section, it is preferred that
2 39 a health care provider who practices within a
2 40 hospital, clinic, or other health facility authorize
2 41 one staff person to fulfill the reporting
2 42 requirements.
2 43 6. For the purposes of this section, "health care
2 44 provider" means an individual licensed under chapter
2 45 148, 148C, 148D, 150, 150A, or 152, or any individual
2 46 who provides medical services under the authorization
2 47 of the licensee.
2 48 Sec. 2. Section 144.52, Code 1997, is amended by
2 49 adding the following new subsection:
2 50 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. Knowingly violates a provision
3 1 of section 144.29A relating to confidentiality."
3 2
3 3
3 4
3 5 GRUNDBERG of Polk
3 6 HF 235.307 77
3 7 pf/cf/28
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