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1 1 Section 1. Section 135.11, Code Supplement 1999, is
1 2 amended by adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 26. a. Require that beginning July 1,
1 4 2000, the blood sample taken from a newborn for the purpose of
1 5 screening for birth defects pursuant to chapter 136A shall
1 6 also be used to obtain the blood type of the newborn. The
1 7 laboratory that tests the blood sample shall include the blood
1 8 type information in the notification of results returned to
1 9 the person required to file the birth certificate pursuant to
1 10 section 144.13 or birthing facility. The person required to
1 11 file the birth certificate pursuant to section 144.13 or
1 12 birthing facility shall include the blood type information in
1 13 the newborn's birth certificate registration forwarded to the
1 14 department.
1 15 b. Rules adopted by the department in implementing this
1 16 subsection shall provide for all of the following:
1 17 (1) Alternative procedures for newborn blood typing and
1 18 submission of birth certificate registration information for
1 19 births which are attended by a midwife or which are
1 20 unattended.
1 21 (2) Refusal by a parent or guardian of the blood testing
1 22 for the purpose of blood typing.
1 23 (3) If a blood sample is not taken pursuant to chapter
1 24 136A, and a parent or guardian does not refuse the test, that
1 25 a blood sample may be taken from the newborn's umbilical cord
1 26 for the purpose of blood typing.
1 27 Sec. 2. Section 144.13, Code Supplement 1999, is amended
1 28 by adding the following new subsection:
1 29 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. The certificate of birth for each live
1 30 birth that occurs in this state on or after July 1, 2000,
1 31 which is filed in accordance with this chapter, shall include
1 32 the blood type of the subject of the certificate of birth as
1 33 provided in section 135.11, subsection 26.
1 34 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
1 35 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 1 EXPLANATION
2 2 This bill directs the Iowa department of public health to
2 3 require that the blood sample currently taken from newborns
2 4 for the purpose of screening for birth defects shall also be
2 5 used for the blood typing of the newborn. The laboratory
2 6 results of the blood screening are to include the blood type
2 7 and this information is to be returned to the person required
2 8 to file the birth certificate or birthing facility which
2 9 submitted the blood sample. The blood type information is
2 10 required to be included in the birth certificate registration
2 11 information submitted to the department. The rules adopted by
2 12 the department to implement the requirement are to provide
2 13 alternative procedures for unattended births and for births
2 14 attended by midwives, are to provide for refusal of the
2 15 testing for the purpose of blood typing by a parent or
2 16 guardian of the newborn, and are to provide that if a blood
2 17 sample is not taken for the purposes of Code chapter 136A, and
2 18 a parent or guardian does not refuse, the blood from the
2 19 newborn's umbilical cord may be sampled for the purpose of
2 20 blood typing.
2 21 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
2 22 LSB 5009SS 78
2 23 pf/gg/8
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