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House Amendment 1306

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend House File 734 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, lines 1 and 2, by striking the words
  1  3 "PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REVIEW PANEL" and inserting the
  1  4 following:  "UTILIZATION REVIEW COUNCIL".
  1  5    #2.  Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 6, and
  1  6 inserting the following:
  1  7    "1.  A drug utilization review council is
  1  8 established within the department.  The meetings of
  1  9 the council are subject to chapter 21.  However, those
  1 10 portions of a meeting pertaining to matters of client
  1 11 and provider confidentiality are exempt under section
  1 12 21.5, and the council shall provide prior notice to
  1 13 the public of portions of any meeting which will be
  1 14 conducted in closed session.
  1 15    2.  The council shall consist of the following
  1 16 members:"
  1 17    #3.  Page 1, line 10, by striking the word
  1 18 "recommended" and inserting the following:
  1 19 "designated".
  1 20    #4.  Page 1, line 11, by striking the word
  1 21 "recommended" and inserting the following:
  1 22 "designated".
  1 23    #5.  Page 1, line 16, by striking the word
  1 24 "recommended" and inserting the following:
  1 25 "designated".
  1 26    #6.  Page 1, line 18, by striking the word
  1 27 "recommended" and inserting the following:
  1 28 "designated".
  1 29    #7.  Page 1, line 20, by striking the word
  1 30 "recommended" and inserting the following:
  1 31 "designated".
  1 32    #8.  Page 1, line 22, by striking the word
  1 33 "recommended" and inserting the following:
  1 34 "designated".
  1 35    #9.  Page 1, by striking lines 24 through 26, and
  1 36 inserting the following:
  1 37    "3.  The members of the council shall".
  1 38    #10.  Page 2, by striking lines 2 through 7, and
  1 39 inserting the following:
  1 40    "4.  The members of the council shall serve two-
  1 41 year terms and shall not serve more than two
  1 42 consecutive terms.  The director of human services
  1 43 shall ensure that council membership meets the
  1 44 requirements of sections 69.16 and 69.16A with regard
  1 45 to original membership and subsequent membership.
  1 46 Vacancies shall be filled by the original designating
  1 47 organization and in the manner of the original
  1 48 designation.  Members of the council shall receive a
  1 49 per diem and expenses in accordance with section 7E.6,
  1 50 subsection 1."
  2  1    #11.  Page 2, by striking line 8, and inserting the
  2  2 following:
  2  3    "5.  The drug utilization review council shall make
  2  4 recommendations to the council on human services
  2  5 pursuant to".
  2  6    #12.  Page 2, line 13, by striking the word
  2  7 "department" and inserting the following:  "council".
  2  8    #13.  Page 2, line 15, by striking the word
  2  9 "department" and inserting the following:  "council".
  2 10    #14.  Page 2, line 16, by striking the word "panel"
  2 11 and inserting the following:  "council on human
  2 12 services".
  2 13    #15.  Page 2, line 17, by inserting after the word
  2 14 "care;" the following:  "and".
  2 15    #16.  Page 2, by striking line 19, and inserting
  2 16 the following:  "patients."
  2 17    #17.  Page 2, line 20, by striking the word "panel"
  2 18 and inserting the following:  "council".
  2 19    #18.  Page 2, by striking line 21, and inserting
  2 20 the following:  "only be added to the listing
  2 21 following adoption by rule by the council on human
  2 22 services pursuant to chapter 17A."
  2 23    #19.  Page 2, line 23, by striking the word "panel"
  2 24 and inserting the following:  "council".
  2 25    #20.  Page 2, by striking lines 32 through 34 and
  2 26 inserting the following:
  2 27    "c.  Include any recommendations of the drug
  2 28 utilization review council in a notice of intended
  2 29 action under chapter 17A."
  2 30    #21.  Page 3, by striking lines 6 and 7, and
  2 31 inserting the following:
  2 32    "f.  Provide administrative support to the drug
  2 33 utilization review council.
  2 34    8.  Within the first quarter of the state fiscal
  2 35 year beginning July 1, 1999, the drug utilization
  2 36 review council shall conduct a review of all the drugs
  2 37 for which prior authorization is required to determine
  2 38 if the drugs should remain on the listing and shall
  2 39 report its findings to the council on human services
  2 40 and to the general assembly by December 1, 1999.  The
  2 41 drug utilization review council shall subsequently
  2 42 conduct such an annual review within the first quarter
  2 43 of the state fiscal year and shall report its findings
  2 44 to the council on human services and to the general
  2 45 assembly by October 1 of each fiscal year."
  2 46    #22.  Page 3, line 11, by striking the word "July"
  2 47 and inserting the following:  "September".
  2 48    #23.  Page 3, line 12, by striking the word "panel"
  2 49 and inserting the following:  "drug utilization review
  2 50 council".
  3  1    #24.  Title page, line 1, by striking the words
  3  2 "prior authorization review panel" and inserting the
  3  3 following:  "utilization review council".
  3  4    #25.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  3  5 
  3  6 
  3  7                               
  3  8 HEATON of Henry 
  3  9 
  3 10 
  3 11                               
  3 12 BLODGETT of Cerro Gordo 
  3 13 HF 734.202 78
  3 14 pf/gg
     

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