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Senate File 2142

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Bill Introduced: S.J. 219
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8D.2, Code 1997, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsections:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  "Licensed health care professional"
  1  4 means a physician and surgeon, podiatric physician, osteopath,
  1  5 osteopathic physician and surgeon, physician assistant,
  1  6 advanced registered nurse practitioner, registered nurse,
  1  7 dentist, or pharmacist required to be licensed under chapter
  1  8 147.
  1  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  "Telehealth" means the use of a
  1 10 telecommunications system for diagnostic, clinical,
  1 11 consultative, data, or educational services or related health
  1 12 care activities by licensed health care professionals, or
  1 13 staff who function under the direction of, or in collaboration
  1 14 with, a physician, or staff of a hospital, clinic, home care
  1 15 or public health agency, or health care facility.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 8D.6, subsection 1, Code 1997, is amended
  1 17 to read as follows:
  1 18    1.  The commission shall establish an advisory group to
  1 19 examine the use of the network for telemedicine telehealth
  1 20 applications.  The advisory group shall consist of
  1 21 representatives of hospitals and other health care facilities
  1 22 as determined by the commission, and representatives of
  1 23 licensed health care professionals.
  1 24    Sec. 3.  Section 8D.13, subsection 16, Code Supplement
  1 25 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1 26    16.  Access shall be offered to hospitals licensed pursuant
  1 27 to chapter 135B and physician clinics for diagnostic,
  1 28 clinical, consultative, data, and educational services for the
  1 29 purpose of developing a comprehensive, statewide telemedicine
  1 30 telehealth network, to an agency of the federal government,
  1 31 and to a post office defined as a public agency pursuant to
  1 32 section 8D.2, subsection 5.  A hospital, physician clinic, an
  1 33 agency of the federal government, or a post office defined as
  1 34 a public agency pursuant to section 8D.2, subsection 5, shall
  1 35 be responsible for all costs associated with becoming a part
  2  1 of the network.
  2  2    Full-motion, interactive video services offered through the
  2  3 network to a hospital or physician clinic may be used by a
  2  4 licensed health care professional at such authorized user's
  2  5 site as long as the use is within the scope of practice of
  2  6 such health care professional.  
  2  7                           EXPLANATION
  2  8    This bill relates to the Iowa communications network and
  2  9 provides for the use of the network by health care
  2 10 professionals, hospitals, and clinics.
  2 11    Code section 8D.2 is amended to add definitions for the
  2 12 terms "licensed health care professional" and "telehealth".
  2 13    Code section 8D.6 is amended to provide that the Iowa
  2 14 telecommunications and technology commission is to establish
  2 15 an advisory group to examine the use of the network for
  2 16 telehealth applications.  Currently, that section provides
  2 17 that the advisory group is to examine such use for
  2 18 telemedicine applications.  The section is also amended to
  2 19 provide that members are to be appointed representing licensed
  2 20 health care professionals, in addition to current members who
  2 21 are to be appointed representing hospitals and other health
  2 22 care facilities.
  2 23    Code section 8D.13 is amended to provide that full-motion,
  2 24 interactive video services offered through the network to a
  2 25 hospital or physician clinic may be used by a licensed health
  2 26 care professional at the authorized user's site as long as the
  2 27 use is within the scope of practice of the health care
  2 28 professional.  
  2 29 LSB 3238SS 77
  2 30 mj/jw/5

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