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House Journal: Page 940: Tuesday, April 1, 1997

34   following:
35     "Sec. ___.  OBSTETRICAL STUDY.
36     1.  a.  The Iowa department of public health shall
37   conduct a study to verify the number of physicians by
38   county practicing in Iowa who are engaged in
39   obstetrical deliveries without regard to the
40   physicians' areas of practice, specialties, or the
41   areas of board certification.  The department shall
42   further certify the number of specialists licensed as
43   obstetricians and gynecologists by county.
44     b.  The department shall additionally request from
45   each physician engaged in obstetrical deliveries a
46   copy of the malpractice insurance coverage maintained
47   by each physician, the company providing the coverage,
48   the annual premium paid, and any applicable
49   deductible.
50     2.  a.  The department shall conduct the study

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 1   under subsection 1 within six months of the effective
 2   date of this Act and shall annually update the study,
 3   with a copy of the report to be delivered to the
 4   general assembly each year by January 15.
 5     b.  The department shall include in the annual
 6   report an analysis of the impact of this Act, if any,
 7   on the number of claims or actions commenced against
 8   physicians engaged in obstetrical deliveries.  The
 9   department shall also include in the annual report the
10   number and percentage of increase or decrease from the
11   previous year of physicians practicing in rural Iowa
12   engaged in the delivery of babies or care of minors
13   under the age of six.
14     3.  The commissioner of insurance shall report by
15   January 15 of each year to the general assembly
16   whether medical malpractice premiums for pediatricians
17   and obstetricians have been reduced since the
18   effective date of this Act.
19     Sec. ___.  APPLICABILITY DATE.  The amendments to
20   section 614.1, subsection 9, shall apply to actions
21   filed after July 1, 1997.
22     Sec. ___.  The amendments to section 614.1,
23   subsection 9, in this Act are repealed on June 30,
24   2000, and the Code editor shall return the language of
25   subsection 9 to the language of the 1997 Code of
26   Iowa."
27     "   .  Title page, by striking line 5 and
28   inserting the following:  "actions, joint and several
29   liability, and providing an applicability date.""
30     3.  By renumbering as necessary.
Speaker Corbett in the chair at 7:52 p.m.
Rule 75 was invoked.

Iowa General Assembly

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