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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 142C.15, subsection 4, paragraphs b and 1 2 c, Code 1997, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. Not more than thirty percent of the moneys in the fund 1 4 annually may be expended in the form of grants to hospitals 1 5 for reimbursement for costs directly related to the 1 6 development of in-hospital anatomical gift public awareness 1 7 projects, anatomical gift referral protocols, and associated 1 8 administrative expenses. As a condition of receiving a grant, 1 9 a hospital shall demonstrate, through documentation, that the 1 10 hospital, during the previous calendar year, properly complied 1 11 with in-hospital anatomical gift request protocols forat1 12least eighty percent ofall deaths occurring in the hospital 1 13 at a percentage rate which places the hospital in the upper 1 14 fifty percent of all protocol compliance rates for hospitals 1 15 submitting documentation for cost reimbursement under this 1 16 section. 1 17 c. Not more than fifty percent of the moneys in the fund 1 18 annually may be expended in the form of grants to hospitals 1 19 which perform heart, lung, liver, pancreas, or kidney 1 20 transplants. As a condition of receiving a grant, a hospital 1 21 shall demonstrate, through documentation, that the hospital, 1 22 during the previous calendar year, properly complied with in- 1 23 hospital anatomical gift request protocols forat least eighty1 24percent ofall deaths occurring in the hospital at a 1 25 percentage rate which places the hospital in the upper fifty 1 26 percent of all protocol compliance rates for hospitals 1 27 submitting documentation for cost reimbursement under this 1 28 section. The hospital shall submit an application on behalf 1 29 of a patient requiring a transplant in the amount of the costs 1 30 associated with the following, if funds are not available from 1 31 any other third-party payor: 1 32 (1) The costs of the organ transplantation procedure. 1 33 (2) The costs of post-transplantation drug or other 1 34 therapy. 1 35 (3) Other transplantation costs including but not limited 2 1 to food, lodging, and transportation. 2 2 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 142C.17 ANNUAL DONATION AND 2 3 COMPLIANCE REPORT. 2 4 The Iowa department of public health, in conjunction with 2 5 any statewide organ procurement organization in Iowa, shall 2 6 prepare and submit a report to the general assembly on or 2 7 before January 1 each year regarding organ donation rates and 2 8 voluntary compliance efforts with hospital organ and tissue 2 9 donation protocols by physicians, hospitals, and other health 2 10 systems organizations. The report shall contain the 2 11 following: 2 12 1. An evaluation of organ procurement efforts in the 2 13 state, including statistics regarding organ and tissue 2 14 donation activity as of September 30 of the preceding year. 2 15 2. Efforts by any statewide organ procurement organization 2 16 in Iowa, and related parties, to increase organ and tissue 2 17 donation and consent rates. 2 18 3. Voluntary compliance efforts with hospital organ and 2 19 tissue donation protocols by physicians, hospitals, and health 2 20 systems organizations and the results of those efforts. 2 21 4. Annual contribution levels to the anatomical gift 2 22 public awareness and transplantation fund created in section 2 23 142C.15, and any distributions made from the fund. 2 24 5. Efforts and ideas for increasing public awareness of 2 25 the option of organ and tissue donation. 2 26 6. Additional information deemed relevant by the 2 27 department in assessing the status and progress of organ and 2 28 tissue donation efforts in the state. 2 29 EXPLANATION 2 30 This bill requires the Iowa department of public health, in 2 31 conjunction with any statewide organ procurement organization, 2 32 to prepare and submit a report to the general assembly on or 2 33 before January 1 each year regarding organ donation rates and 2 34 voluntary compliance efforts with hospital organ and tissue 2 35 donation protocols by physicians, hospitals, and other health 3 1 systems organizations. The report is required to contain an 3 2 evaluation of organ procurement efforts in the state, 3 3 including statistics regarding organ and tissue donation 3 4 activity as of September 30 of the preceding year, efforts by 3 5 any statewide organ procurement organization and related 3 6 parties to increase organ and tissue donation and consent 3 7 rates, voluntary compliance efforts with hospital organ and 3 8 tissue donation protocols by physicians, hospitals, and health 3 9 systems organizations and the results of those efforts, annual 3 10 contribution levels to the anatomical gift public awareness 3 11 and transplantation fund created in Code section 142C.15 and 3 12 any distributions made from the fund, efforts and ideas for 3 13 increasing public awareness of the option of organ and tissue 3 14 donation, and any additional information which is determined 3 15 to be relevant by the department in assessing the status and 3 16 progress of organ and tissue donation efforts in the state of 3 17 Iowa. 3 18 The bill also provides for a change in the threshold 3 19 protocol compliance rate in order for hospitals to qualify for 3 20 anatomical gift public awareness and transplantation fund 3 21 reimbursement grants pursuant to Code section 142C.15, 3 22 subsection 4, paragraphs "b" and "c". Currently, hospitals 3 23 must submit documentation that they are observing organ and 3 24 tissue donation protocols for at least 80 percent of all 3 25 patient deaths in that hospital in order to receive grants 3 26 providing reimbursement for the development and administration 3 27 of organ donation procedures, and expenses related to 3 28 performing organ and tissue transplant operations. The bill 3 29 provides for a new compliance requirement that a hospital has 3 30 achieved a rate of compliance with organ donation procedure 3 31 protocols in the top 50 percent of all hospitals submitting 3 32 documentation to be considered eligible for a reimbursement 3 33 grant. 3 34 LSB 3348IC 77 3 35 rn/jw/5.1
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