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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 125.39, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 1 2 amended by striking the subsection. 1 3 Sec. 2. Section 135.22, Code 1997, is amended to read as 1 4 follows: 1 5 135.22 CENTRAL REGISTRY FOR BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD INJURIES. 1 6 1. As used in this section, "brain: 1 7 a. "Brain injury" meansclinically evident brain damage or1 8spinal cord injury resulting from trauma or anoxia, which1 9temporarily or permanently impairs a person's physical or1 10cognitive functionsthe occurrence of injury to the head that 1 11 is documented in a medical record with one or more of the 1 12 following conditions attributed to the head injury: observed 1 13 or self-reported decreased level of consciousness, amnesia, 1 14 skull fracture, objective neurological or neuropsychological 1 15 abnormality, or a diagnosed intracranial lesion. 1 16 b. "Spinal cord injury" means the occurrence of an acute 1 17 traumatic lesion of neural elements in the spinal canal 1 18 including the spinal cord and cauda equina, resulting in 1 19 temporary or permanent sensory deficit, motor deficit, or 1 20 bladder or bowel dysfunction. 1 21 2. The director shall establish and maintain a central 1 22 registry of persons with brain or spinal cord injuries in 1 23 order to facilitate prevention strategies and the provision of 1 24 appropriate rehabilitative services to the persons by the 1 25 department and other state agencies. Hospitals shall report 1 26 patients who are admitted with a brain or spinal cord injury 1 27 and their diagnoses to the director no later than forty-five 1 28 days after the close of a quarter in which the patient was 1 29 discharged. The report shall contain the name, age, and 1 30 residence of the person, the date, type, and cause of the 1 31 brain or spinal cord injury, and additional information as the 1 32 director requires, except that where available, hospitals 1 33 shall report theGlascowGlasgow coma scale. The director 1 34 shall consult with health care providers concerning the 1 35 availability of additional relevant information. The 2 1 department shall maintain the confidentiality of all 2 2 information which would identify any person named in a report. 2 3 However, the identifying information may be released for bona 2 4 fide research purposes if the confidentiality of the 2 5 identifying information is maintained by the researchers, or 2 6 the identifying information may be released by the person with 2 7 the brain or spinal cord injury or by the person's guardian 2 8 or, if the person is a minor, by the person's parent or 2 9 guardian. 2 10 Sec. 3. Section 135.22A, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b, 2 11 Code Supplement 1997, are amended to read as follows: 2 12a. "Council" means the advisory council on head injuries.2 13ba."Head"Brain injury" means"brain injury"an injury 2 14 to the brain as defined in section225C.23135.22. 2 15 b. "Council" means the advisory council on brain injuries. 2 16 Sec. 4. Section 135.22A, subsection 2, unnumbered 2 17 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read as 2 18 follows: 2 19 The advisory council onheadbrain injuries is established. 2 20 The following persons or their designees shall serve as ex 2 21 officio, nonvoting members of the council: 2 22 Sec. 5. Section 135.22A, subsection 3, Code Supplement 2 23 1997, is amended to read as follows: 2 24 3. The council shall be composed of a minimum of nine 2 25 members appointed by the governor in addition to the ex 2 26 officio members, and the governor may appoint additional 2 27 members. Insofar as practicable, the council shall include 2 28 persons withheadbrain injuries, family members of persons 2 29 withheadbrain injuries, representatives of industry, labor, 2 30 business, and agriculture, representatives of federal, state, 2 31 and local government, and representatives of religious, 2 32 charitable, fraternal, civic, educational, medical, legal, 2 33 veteran, welfare, and other professional groups and 2 34 organizations. Members shall be appointed representing every 2 35 geographic and employment area of the state and shall include 3 1 members of both sexes. 3 2 Sec. 6. Section 135.22A, subsection 6, paragraphs a, b, c, 3 3 and d, Code Supplement 1997, are amended to read as follows: 3 4 a. Promote meetings and programs for the discussion of 3 5 methods to reduce the debilitating effects ofheadbrain 3 6 injuries, and disseminate information in cooperation with any 3 7 other department, agency, or entity on the prevention, 3 8 evaluation, care, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons 3 9 affected byheadbrain injuries. 3 10 b. Study and review current prevention, evaluation, care, 3 11 treatment, and rehabilitation technologies and recommend 3 12 appropriate preparation, training, retraining, and 3 13 distribution of manpower and resources in the provision of 3 14 services to persons withheadbrain injuries through private 3 15 and public residential facilities, day programs, and other 3 16 specialized services. 3 17 c. Participate in developing and disseminating criteria 3 18 and standards which may be required for future funding or 3 19 licensing of facilities, day programs, and other specialized 3 20 services for persons withheadbrain injuries in this state. 3 21 d. Make recommendations to the governor for developing and 3 22 administering a state plan to provide services for persons 3 23 withheadbrain injuries. 3 24 Sec. 7. Section 136C.3, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 3 25 2, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 26 The department shall establish a technical advisory 3 27 committee made up oftwo radiologic technologists, twofour 3 28 technologists, one of whom shall be a limited radiography 3 29 instructor, one of whom shall represent nuclear medicine 3 30 technologists, one of whom shall represent radiation 3 31 therapists, and one of whom shall represent diagnostic 3 32 radiographers; four physicians, including one radiologist, one 3 33 chiropractor, one physician representing either radiation 3 34 therapy or nuclear medicine, and one private practitioner,; 3 35 and a representative of the department. The advisory 4 1 committee shall assist the department in developing and 4 2 establishing criteria forcontinuing education and4 3examinationsthe administration of this subsection. 4 4 Sec. 8. Section 156.4, subsections 4 and 5, Code 1997, are 4 5 amended to read as follows: 4 6 4. Writtenand oralexaminations for a funeral director's 4 7 license shall be held at least once a year at a time and place 4 8 to be designated by the board. The examination shall include 4 9 the subjects of funeral directing, burial or other disposition 4 10 of dead human bodies, sanitary science, embalming, restorative 4 11 art, anatomy, public health, transportation, business ethics, 4 12 and such other subjects as the board may designate. 4 13 5. After the applicant shall have completed satisfactorily 4 14 the course of instruction in mortuary science in an accredited 4 15 school approved by the board, the applicant must pass the 4 16 examination prescribed by the board as provided in section 4 17 147.34. The applicant may then receive an internship 4 18 certificate and shall then complete a minimum one-year 4 19 internship as determined by the board.After completion of4 20the internship, the applicant shall demonstrate proficiency as4 21directed by the board.4 22 Sec. 9. Section 157.11, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1997, 4 23 is amended to read as follows: 4 24 The application shall be accompanied by theannualbiennial 4 25 license fee determined pursuant to section 147.80. The 4 26 license is valid forone yeartwo years and may be renewed. 4 27 Sec. 10. Section 225C.23, Code 1997, is amended to read as 4 28 follows: 4 29 225C.23 BRAIN INJURY RECOGNIZED AS DISABILITY. 4 30 The department of human services, the Iowa department of 4 31 public health, the department of education and its divisions 4 32 of special education and vocational rehabilitation services, 4 33 the department of human rights and its division for persons 4 34 with disabilities, the department for the blind, and all other 4 35 state agencies which serve persons with brain injuries, shall 5 1 recognize brain injury as a distinct disability and shall 5 2 identify those persons with brain injuries among the persons 5 3 served by the state agency. For the purposes of this section 5 4 and section 135.22A, "brain injury" meansclinically evident5 5brain damage or spinal cord injury resulting directly or5 6indirectly from trauma, infection, anoxia, or vascular lesions5 7not primarily related to degenerative or aging processes,5 8which temporarily or permanently impairs a person's physical5 9or cognitive functionsthe occurrence of injury to the head 5 10 that is documented in a medical record with one or more of the 5 11 following conditions attributed to the head injury: observed 5 12 or self-reported decreased level of consciousness, amnesia, 5 13 skull fracture, objective neurological or neurophychological 5 14 abnormality, or a diagnosed intracranial lesion. 5 15 Sec. 11. Section 235C.2, subsections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8, 5 16 Code 1997, are amended to read as follows: 5 17 2. The directorof the departmentof human services or the 5 18 director's designeeas a nonvoting ex officio member. 5 19 3. Thedepartment coordinatordirector of the department 5 20 of human rights or thecoordinator'sdirector's designeeas a5 21nonvoting ex officio member. 5 22 4. The director of the department of education or the 5 23 director's designeeas a nonvoting ex officio member. 5 24 5. The director of the department of corrections or the 5 25 director's designee, as a nonvoting ex officio member. 5 26 8. A hospital administrator selected by the board of the 5 27Iowa hospitalassociation of Iowa hospitals and health systems 5 28 or the administrator's designee. 5 29 Sec. 12. Section 235C.2, Code 1997, is amended by adding 5 30 the following new subsection: 5 31 NEW SUBSECTION. 18. Two consumer representatives selected 5 32 by the governor, one of whom shall be a parent and one of whom 5 33 shall be a nonparent family member. 5 34 Sec. 13. Section 235C.3, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 5 35 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 6 1 b. A health professional training campaign, including 6 2 recommendations concerning the curriculum offered at the 6 3 college of medicine at the state university of Iowa and the 6 4 university of osteopathic medicine and health sciences, 6 5 providing assistance in the identification of women at risk of 6 6 substance abuse during pregnancy and strategies to be employed 6 7 in assisting those women to maintain healthy lifestyles during 6 8 pregnancy.Included in thisThis education campaign shallbe6 9guidelinesoffer information to health professionalsoffering6 10informationon assessment, laboratory testing,medication use,6 11 and referrals. 6 12 Sec. 14. Section 235C.3, subsection 5, unnumbered 6 13 paragraph 2, Code Supplement 1997, is amended by striking the 6 14 unnumbered paragraph. 6 15 Sec. 15. Section 331.802, subsection 2, Code 1997, is 6 16 amended to read as follows: 6 17 2. If a person's death affects the public interest, the 6 18 county medical examiner shall conduct a preliminary 6 19 investigation of the cause and manner of death, prepare a 6 20 written report of the findings, promptly submit the full 6 21 report to the state medical examiner on forms prescribed for 6 22 that purpose, and submit a copy of the report to the county 6 23 attorney. For each preliminary investigation and the 6 24 preparation and submission of the required reports, the county 6 25 medical examiner shall receive a fee determined by the board 6 26 plus the examiner's actual expenses. The fee and expenses 6 27 shall be paid by the county of the person's residence. 6 28 However, if the person's death is caused by a defendant for 6 29 whom a judgment of conviction and sentence is rendered under 6 30 section 707.2, 707.3, 707.4, 707.5, or 707.6A, the county of 6 31 the person's residence may recover from the defendant the fee 6 32 and expenses. The fee and expenses of the county medical 6 33 examiner who performs an autopsy or conducts an investigation 6 34 of a person who dies after being brought into this state for 6 35 emergency medical treatment by or at the direction of an out- 7 1 of-state law enforcement officer or public authority shall be 7 2 paid by the state. A claim for payment shall be filed with 7 3 the Iowa department of public health. However, if any 7 4 appropriation provided to the Iowa department of public health 7 5 for the payment of autopsies pursuant to this subsection has 7 6 been exhausted, such payment claims shall be forwarded to the 7 7 state appeal board and if authorized, shall be paid out of any 7 8 money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. 7 9 Sec. 16. Section 151.7, Code 1997, is repealed. 7 10 HF 2370 7 11 rn/pk/25
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