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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 144.29A, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. A health care provider whoinitially identifies and1 4diagnoses a spontaneous termination of pregnancy or who1 5 induces a termination of pregnancy shall file with the 1 6 department a report for each termination within thirty days of 1 7 the occurrence. The health care provider shall make a good 1 8 faith effort to obtain all of the following information that 1 9 is available with respect to each termination: 1 10 a. The confidential health care provider code as assigned 1 11 by the department. 1 12 b. Thereport trackingconfidential patient identification 1 13 number. 1 14 c. Thematernal health services region of the Iowa1 15department of public health, as designated as of July 1, 1997,1 16in which the patient residescounty and state of the patient's 1 17 residence. 1 18 d. The race of the patient. 1 19 e. The age of the patient. 1 20 f. The marital status of the patient. 1 21 g. The educational level of the patient. 1 22 h. The number of previous pregnancies, live births, both 1 23 living and deceased, and spontaneous or induced terminations 1 24 of pregnancies. 1 25 i. The month and year in which the termination occurred. 1 26 j. The type of termination procedure used. 1 27j.k. Thenumber of weeks sincemonth, day, and year on 1 28 which the patient's last menstrual period began and a clinical 1 29 estimate of gestation. 1 30 Sec. 2. Section 144.29A, subsection 2, is amended to read 1 31 as follows: 1 32 2. It is the intent of the general assembly that the 1 33 information shall be collected, reproduced, released, and 1 34 disclosed in a manner specified by rule of the department, 1 35 adopted pursuant to chapter 17A, which ensures the anonymity 2 1 of the patient who experiences a termination of pregnancy, the 2 2 health care provider whoidentifies and diagnoses orinduces a 2 3 termination of pregnancy, and the hospital, clinic, or other 2 4 health facility in which a termination of pregnancy is 2 5identified and diagnosed orinduced. The department may share 2 6 information with federal public health officials for the 2 7 purposes of securing federal funding or conducting public 2 8 health research. However, in sharing the information, the 2 9 department shall not relinquish control of the information, 2 10 and any agreement entered into by the department with federal 2 11 public health officials to share information shall prohibit 2 12 the use, reproduction, release, or disclosure of the 2 13 information by federal public health officials in a manner 2 14 which violates this section. The department shall publish,2 15annuallya demographic summary of the information obtained 2 16 pursuant to this section, except that the department shall not 2 17 reproduce, release, or disclose any information obtained 2 18 pursuant to this section which reveals the identity of any 2 19 patient, health care provider, hospital, clinic, or other 2 20 health facility, and shall ensure anonymity in the following 2 21 ways: 2 22 a. The department may use information concerning the 2 23report trackingconfidential patient identification number or 2 24 concerning the identity of a reporting health care provider, 2 25 hospital, clinic, or other health facility only for purposes 2 26 of information collection. The department shallnotonly 2 27 reproduce, release, or disclose this informationfor any2 28purpose other than for use in annually publishing thein 2 29 demographic summary form under this section. 2 30 b. The department shall enter the information, from any 2 31 report of termination submitted, within thirty days of receipt 2 32 of the report, and. The department shallimmediatelydestroy 2 33 the report following entry of the information and within a 2 34 time period specified by rules adopted by the department 2 35 pursuant to chapter 17A. However, entry of the information 3 1 from a report shall not include any health care provider, 3 2 hospital, clinic, or other health facility identification 3 3 information including, but not limited to, the confidential 3 4 health care provider code, as assigned by the department. 3 5 c. To protect confidentiality, the department shall limit 3 6 release of information to release in an aggregate form which 3 7 prevents identification of any individual patient, health care 3 8 provider, hospital, clinic, or other health facility. For the 3 9 purposes of this paragraph, "aggregate form" means a 3 10 compilation of the information received by the department on 3 11 termination of pregnancies for each information item listed, 3 12 with the exceptions of thereport trackingconfidential 3 13 patient identification number, the health care provider code, 3 14 and any set of information for which the amount is so small 3 15 that the confidentiality of any person to whom the information 3 16 relates may be compromised. The department shall establish a 3 17 methodology to provide a statistically verifiable basis for 3 18 any determination of the correct amount at which information 3 19 may be released so that the confidentiality of any person is 3 20 not compromised. 3 21 Sec. 3. Section 144.29A, subsection 5, Code 1999, is 3 22 amended to read as follows: 3 23 5. A health care provider shall assign areport tracking3 24 confidential patient identification number which enables the 3 25 health care provider to access the patient's medical 3 26 information without identifying the patient. 3 27 Sec. 4. Section 144.29A, subsection 9, Code 1999, is 3 28 amended by striking the subsection. 3 29 SF 2367 3 30 pf/cc/26
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