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House Amendment 1161

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  1  1    Amend House File 116 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  Section 144.29A, Code 2001, is amended
  1  5 by striking the section and insert in lieu thereof the
  1  6 following:
  1  7    1.  A health care provider who initially performs
  1  8 medical procedures on a patient in a medical clinic
  1  9 shall file with the department a report for each
  1 10 medical procedure within thirty days of the
  1 11 occurrence.  The report shall contain all of the
  1 12 following information with respect to each medical
  1 13 procedure:
  1 14    a.  The confidential health care provider code as
  1 15 assigned by the department.
  1 16    b.  The report tracking number.
  1 17    c.  The state of residence and, if this state, the
  1 18 county of residence of the patient.
  1 19    d.  The race of the patient.
  1 20    e.  The age of the patient.
  1 21    f.  The marital status of the patient.
  1 22    g.  The educational level of the patient.
  1 23    h.  The number of previous medical procedures
  1 24 performed on the patient.
  1 25    i.  The month and year in which the medical
  1 26 procedure occurred.
  1 27    j.  Complications, if any.
  1 28    k.  The cause of the need for the medical
  1 29 procedure, if known.
  1 30    1.  The type of medical procedure.
  1 31    2.  It is the intent of the general assembly that
  1 32 the information shall be collected, reproduced,
  1 33 released, and disclosed in a manner specified by rule
  1 34 of the department, pursuant to chapter 17A, which
  1 35 ensures the anonymity of the patient who experiences a
  1 36 medical procedure, the health care provider who
  1 37 performs the medical procedure, and the clinic in
  1 38 which the medical procedure is performed.  The
  1 39 department may share information with federal public
  1 40 health officials for the purposes of securing federal
  1 41 funding or conduct in public health research.
  1 42 However, in sharing the information, the department
  1 43 shall not relinquish control of the information, and
  1 44 any agreement entered into by the department with
  1 45 federal public health officials to share information
  1 46 shall prohibit the use, reproduction, release, or
  1 47 disclosure of the information by federal public health
  1 48 officials in a manner which violates this section.
  1 49 The department shall publish, annually, a demographic
  1 50 summary of the information obtained pursuant to this
  2  1 section, except that the department shall not
  2  2 reproduce, release, or disclose any information
  2  3 obtained pursuant to this section which reveals the
  2  4 identity of any patient, health care provider, or
  2  5 clinic, and shall ensure anonymity in the following
  2  6 ways:
  2  7    a.  The department shall use a report tracking
  2  8 number, a confidential health care provider code, and
  2  9 the identity of a clinic for the sole purpose of
  2 10 information collection and verification prior to entry
  2 11 of the information.  Following collection and
  2 12 verification of the information, the department shall
  2 13 use, reproduce, release, and disclose any information
  2 14 collected only for the purpose of annually publishing
  2 15 the demographic summary.
  2 16    b.  The department shall enter the information,
  2 17 from any report submitted, within thirty days of
  2 18 receipt of the report, and shall immediately destroy
  2 19 the report following entry of the information.
  2 20 However, entry of the information from a report shall
  2 21 not include any health care provider or clinic
  2 22 identification information including, but not limited
  2 23 to, the confidential health care provider code, as
  2 24 assigned by the department.
  2 25    c.  To protect confidentiality, the department
  2 26 shall limit release of information to release in an
  2 27 aggregate form which avoids identification of any
  2 28 individual patient, health care provider, or clinic.
  2 29 For the purposes of this paragraph, "aggregate form"
  2 30 means a compilation of the information received by the
  2 31 department of medical procedures for each information
  2 32 item listed, with the exceptions of the report
  2 33 tracking number, the health care provider code, and
  2 34 any set of information for which the amount is so
  2 35 small that confidentiality of any person to whom the
  2 36 information relates may be compromised.
  2 37    3.  Except as specified in subsection 2, reports,
  2 38 information, and records submitted and maintained
  2 39 pursuant to this section are strictly confidential and
  2 40 shall not be released or made public upon subpoena,
  2 41 search warrant, discovery proceedings, or by any other
  2 42 means.
  2 43    4.  The department shall assign a code to any
  2 44 health care provider who may be required to report a
  2 45 medical procedure under this section.  Any application
  2 46 procedure shall not be required for assignment of a
  2 47 code to a health care provider.
  2 48    5.  A health care provider shall assign a report
  2 49 tracking number which enables the health care provider
  2 50 to access the patient's medical information without
  3  1 identifying the patient.
  3  2    6.  To ensure proper performance of the reporting
  3  3 requirements under this section, it is preferred that
  3  4 a health care provider authorize one staff person to
  3  5 fulfill the reporting requirements.
  3  6    7.  For the purpose of this section, "health care
  3  7 provider" means an individual licensed under chapter
  3  8 148, 148C, 148D, 150, 150A, or 152, or any individual
  3  9 who provides medical services under the authorization
  3 10 of the licensee."
  3 11    #2.  Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking the
  3 12 words "termination of pregnancy reporting" and
  3 13 inserting the following:  "the reporting of medical
  3 14 procedures performed in a medical clinic".  
  3 15 
  3 16 
  3 17                               
  3 18 GRUNDBERG of Polk
  3 19 HF 116.503 79
  3 20 pf/pj
     

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