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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.26 OBSTETRICAL BRACHIAL
1 2 PLEXUS PALSY REFERRALS.
1 3 The child neurology team at the university of Iowa
1 4 hospitals and clinics shall establish an obstetrical brachial
1 5 plexus palsy analysis and referral unit. The unit shall
1 6 develop and maintain a database listing clinics or programs
1 7 offered throughout the county specializing in obstetrical
1 8 brachial plexus palsy corrective surgical procedures and
1 9 treatments, the types and numbers of procedures performed in
1 10 each program, and contacts for additional information or
1 11 consultation. In every case where a diagnosis of obstetrical
1 12 brachial plexus palsy is made, either involving infants
1 13 delivered at the university hospitals and clinics, or referred
1 14 to the university hospitals and clinics, the parents or legal
1 15 guardians of an infant so diagnosed shall be made aware of the
1 16 existence of the referral unit and given the opportunity to
1 17 consult with a staff member affiliated with the unit regarding
1 18 the possibility of a referral to a facility specializing in
1 19 obstetrical brachial plexus palsy corrective procedures.
1 20 EXPLANATION
1 21 This bill provides for the establishment of an obstetrical
1 22 brachial plexus palsy referral program at the university of
1 23 Iowa hospitals and clinics. The bill provides that the child
1 24 neurology team at the university hospitals and clinics will
1 25 develop and maintain a database listing clinics or programs
1 26 offered throughout the county specializing in obstetrical
1 27 brachial plexus palsy corrective surgical procedures, the
1 28 types and numbers of procedures performed in each program, and
1 29 contacts for additional information or consultation. The bill
1 30 additionally provides that in every case when obstetrical
1 31 brachial plexus palsy is diagnosed, either involving infants
1 32 delivered at the university hospitals and clinics, or referred
1 33 there, the parents or legal guardians of the infant will be
1 34 informed of the existence of the referral unit and given the
1 35 opportunity to consult with a staff member there regarding the
2 1 possibility of surgical treatment at another facility
2 2 specializing in obstetrical brachial plexus palsy corrective
2 3 procedures.
2 4 LSB 1330SS 78
2 5 rn/sc/14
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