House Journal: Page 781: Tuesday, March 23, 1999

12   nature and purpose of the procedure to be performed by

13   means of telehealth.
14     b.  The consent contains a description of the
15   potential material benefits, risks, and consequences
16   of performing the procedure by means of telehealth.
17     c.  The consent includes a statement that
18   confidentiality protections apply.
19     d.  The consent is signed by the patient for whom
20   the procedure is to be performed, or if the patient
21   for any reason lacks the capacity to give consent, the
22   consent is signed by a person who has legal authority
23   to give consent on behalf of the patient under these
24   circumstances."
25     3.  By striking page 3, line 6, through page 4,
26   line 2, and inserting the following:
27     "Sec.     .  STATEMENT OF POLICY.  The general
28   assembly encourages health care providers, the
29   domestic health insurance industry, and other third-
30   party payors of health care coverage to consult and
31   cooperate with each other to facilitate the
32   implementation of telehealth in a cost-effective
33   manner."
34     4.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 4 and
35   inserting the following:  "An Act relating to
36   telehealth by providing for patient consent to
37   telehealth services and for complaints and
38   disciplinary actions against health care
39   practitioners."
40     5.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H?1144 was adopted.
Blodgett of Cerro Gordo moved that the bill be read a last time 
now and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill 
was read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 732)
	The ayes were, 93:
Alons	Arnold	Baudler	Bell
Blodgett	Boddicker	Boggess	Bradley
Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta	Carroll
Cataldo	Chapman	Cohoon	Corbett, Spkr.
Cormack	Davis	Dix	Doderer
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Drees
Eddie	Falck	Fallon	Foege
Ford	Frevert	Garman	Gipp
Greiner	Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen
Heaton	Hoffman	Holmes	Holveck^
Horbach	Houser	Huseman	Huser
Jacobs	Jager	Jochum	Johnson
Kettering	Klemme	Kreiman	Kuhn
Larkin	Larson	Lord	Martin
Mascher	May	Mertz	Metcalf
Millage	Mundie	Murphy	Myers
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter	Raecker
Rants	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist	Stevens
Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig
Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel
Welter	Whitead	Wise	Witt
Barry,
  Presiding
	The nays were, 1:
Nelson	
	Absent or not voting, 6:
Boal	Burnett	Chiodo	Connors
Jenkins	Rayhons	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title, as amended, was agreed to.
HOUSE FILE 604 WITHDRAWN 
Blodgett of Cerro Gordo asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw House File 604 from further consideration by the House.
INTRODUCTION OF BILL
House File 743, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an act 
relating to the establishment of an Iowa early intervention block 
grant program, providing for a school improvement technology block 
grant program, and making appropriations.
Read first time and placed on the appropriations calendar.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
The following message was received from the Senate:

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