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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. The name of the facility at which the termination of 1 15 pregnancy took place. 1 16 d. The name of the city or location at which the 1 17 termination of pregnancy took place. 1 18 e. The name of the attending physician. 1 19 f. The name of the person completing the report. 1 20c.g. Thematernal health services region of the Iowa1 21department of public health, as designated as of July 1, 1997,1 22in which the patient residescity, county, state, and zip code 1 23 of the patient's residence. 1 24d.h. The race of the patient. 1 25 i. Whether the patient is of Hispanic or non-Hispanic 1 26 origin. 1 27 j. The ancestry of the patient. 1 28e.k. The age of the patient. 1 29f.l. The marital status of the patient. 1 30g.m. The educational level of the patient. 1 31h.n. The number of previous pregnancies, live births, 1 32 both living and deceased, and spontaneous or induced 1 33 terminations of pregnancies. 1 34i.o. The month and year in which the termination 1 35 occurred. 2 1 p. The type of termination procedure used. 2 2j.q. Thenumber of weeks sincemonth, day, and year on 2 3 which the patient's last menstrual period began and a clinical 2 4 estimate of gestation. 2 5 Sec. 2. Section 144.29A, subsection 2, is amended to read 2 6 as follows: 2 7 2. It is the intent of the general assembly that the 2 8 information shall be collected, reproduced, released, and 2 9 disclosed in a manner specified by rule of the department, 2 10 adopted pursuant to chapter 17A, which ensures the anonymity 2 11 of the patient who experiences a termination of pregnancy, the 2 12 health care provider whoidentifies and diagnoses orinduces a 2 13 termination of pregnancy, and the hospital, clinic, or other 2 14 health facility in which a termination of pregnancy is 2 15identified and diagnosed orinduced. The department may share 2 16 information with federal public health officials for the 2 17 purposes of securing federal funding or conducting public 2 18 health research. However, in sharing the information, the 2 19 department shall not relinquish control of the information, 2 20 and any agreement entered into by the department with federal 2 21 public health officials to share information shall prohibit 2 22 the use, reproduction, release, or disclosure of the 2 23 information by federal public health officials in a manner 2 24 which violates this section. The department shall publish,2 25annuallya demographic summary of the information obtained 2 26 pursuant to this section, except that the department shall not 2 27 reproduce, release, or disclose any information obtained 2 28 pursuant to this section which reveals the identity of any 2 29 patient, health care provider, hospital, clinic, or other 2 30 health facility, and shall ensure anonymity in the following 2 31 ways: 2 32 a. The department may use information concerning the 2 33report trackingconfidential patient identification number or 2 34 concerning the identity of a reporting health care provider, 2 35 hospital, clinic, or other health facility only for purposes 3 1 of information collection. The department shallnotonly 3 2 reproduce, release, or disclose this informationfor any3 3purpose other than for use in annually publishing thein 3 4 demographic summary form under this section. 3 5 b. The department shall enter the information, from any 3 6 report of termination submitted, within thirty days of receipt 3 7 of the report, and. The department shallimmediatelydestroy 3 8 the report following entry of the information and within a 3 9 time period specified by rules adopted by the department 3 10 pursuant to chapter 17A. However, entry of the information 3 11 from a report shall not include any health care provider, 3 12 hospital, clinic, or other health facility identification 3 13 information including, but not limited to, the confidential 3 14 health care provider code, as assigned by the department. 3 15 c. To protect confidentiality, the department shall limit 3 16 release of information to release in an aggregate form which 3 17 prevents identification of any individual patient, health care 3 18 provider, hospital, clinic, or other health facility. For the 3 19 purposes of this paragraph, "aggregate form" means a 3 20 compilation of the information received by the department on 3 21 termination of pregnancies for each information item listed, 3 22 with the exceptions of thereport trackingconfidential 3 23 patient identification number, the health care provider code, 3 24 and any set of information for which the amount is so small 3 25 that the confidentiality of any person to whom the information 3 26 relates may be compromised. The department shall establish a 3 27 methodology to provide a statistically verifiable basis for 3 28 any determination of the correct amount at which information 3 29 may be released so that the confidentiality of any person is 3 30 not compromised. 3 31 Sec. 3. Section 144.29A, subsection 5, Code 1999, is 3 32 amended to read as follows: 3 33 5. A health care provider shall assign areport tracking3 34 confidential patient identification number which enables the 3 35 health care provider to access the patient's medical 4 1 information without identifying the patient. 4 2 Sec. 4. Section 144.29A, subsection 9, Code 1999, is 4 3 amended by striking the subsection. 4 4 EXPLANATION 4 5 This bill amends Code section 144.29A to provide for the 4 6 collection of additional information through the termination 4 7 of pregnancy reporting process. Additional information to be 4 8 collected under the bill includes: the name of the facility 4 9 at which the termination of pregnancy took place; the name of 4 10 the city or location at which the termination of pregnancy 4 11 took place; the name of the attending physician; the name of 4 12 the person completing the report; the confidential 4 13 identification number of the patient; the city, county, state, 4 14 and zip code of the area in which the patient resides; whether 4 15 the patient is of Hispanic or non-Hispanic origin; the 4 16 ancestry of the patient; if previous live births have 4 17 occurred, whether the children are living or deceased at the 4 18 time of the reporting; the type of termination procedure used, 4 19 if the termination is induced; and the month, day, and year on 4 20 which the patient's last menstrual period began. The bill 4 21 also makes conforming changes relating to the use of a 4 22 confidential patient identification number, and makes changes 4 23 relating to the dissemination of information. The bill also 4 24 deletes the subsection which defines "spontaneous termination 4 25 of pregnancy" as the bill eliminates collection of information 4 26 relating to spontaneous terminations with the exception of 4 27 prior spontaneous terminations. 4 28 LSB 6653XC 78 4 29 pf/as/5.1
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