Text: H01391 Text: H01393 Text: H01300 - H01399 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 116 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 1 through 14, and 1 3 inserting the following: 1 4 "Section 1. Section 144.29A, Code 2001, is amended 1 5 to read as follows: 1 6 144.29ATERMINATION OF PREGNANCYHEALTH-RELATED 1 7 REPORTING. 1 8 1. A health care provider who initially identifies 1 9 and diagnoses a spontaneous termination of pregnancy 1 10 or who induces a termination of pregnancy or who 1 11 prescribes viagra shall file with the department a 1 12 report for each termination or each prescription 1 13 within thirty days of the occurrence. The health care 1 14 provider shall make a good faith effort to obtain all 1 15 of the following information that is available with 1 16 respect to each termination or prescription, as 1 17 appropriate: 1 18 a. The confidential health care provider code as 1 19 assigned by the department. 1 20 b. The report tracking number. 1 21 c. The maternal health services region of the Iowa 1 22 department of public health, as designated as of July 1 23 1, 1997, in which the patient resides. 1 24 d. The race of the patient. 1 25 e. The age of the patient. 1 26 f. The marital status of the patient. 1 27 g. The educational level of the patient. 1 28 h. The number of previous pregnancies, live 1 29 births, and spontaneous or induced terminations of 1 30 pregnancies or the number of previous prescriptions of 1 31 viagra. 1 32 i. The month and year in which the termination 1 33 occurred or in which viagra was prescribed. 1 34 j. The number of weeks since the patient's last 1 35 menstrual period and a clinical estimate of gestation. 1 36 2. It is the intent of the general assembly that 1 37 the information shall be collected, reproduced, 1 38 released, and disclosed in a manner specified by rule 1 39 of the department, adopted pursuant to chapter 17A, 1 40 which ensures the anonymity of the patientwho1 41experiences a termination of pregnancy, the health 1 42 care provider who identifies and diagnoses or induces 1 43 a termination of pregnancy or who prescribed viagra, 1 44 and the hospital, clinic, or other health facility in 1 45 which a termination of pregnancy is identified and 1 46 diagnosed or induced or in which the viagra 1 47 prescription is provided. The department may share 1 48 information with federal public health officials for 1 49 the purposes of securing federal funding or conducting 1 50 public health research. However, in sharing the 2 1 information, the department shall not relinquish 2 2 control of the information, and any agreement entered 2 3 into by the department with federal public health 2 4 officials to share information shall prohibit the use, 2 5 reproduction, release, or disclosure of the 2 6 information by federal public health officials in a 2 7 manner which violates this section. The department 2 8 shall publish, annually, a demographic summary of the 2 9 information obtained pursuant to this section, except 2 10 that the department shall not reproduce, release, or 2 11 disclose any information obtained pursuant to this 2 12 section which reveals the identity of any patient, 2 13 health care provider, hospital, clinic, or other 2 14 health facility, and shall ensure anonymity in the 2 15 following ways: 2 16 a. The department may use information concerning 2 17 the report tracking number or concerning the identity 2 18 of a reporting health care provider, hospital, clinic, 2 19 or other health facility only for purposes of 2 20 information collection. The department shall not 2 21 reproduce, release, or disclose this information for 2 22 any purpose other than for use in annually publishing 2 23 the demographic summary under this section. 2 24 b. The department shall enter the information, 2 25 from any reportof terminationsubmitted, within 2 26 thirty days of receipt of the report, and shall 2 27 immediately destroy the report following entry of the 2 28 information. However, entry of the information from a 2 29 report shall not include any health care provider, 2 30 hospital, clinic, or other health facility 2 31 identification information including, but not limited 2 32 to, the confidential health care provider code, as 2 33 assigned by the department. 2 34 c. To protect confidentiality, the department 2 35 shall limit release of information to release in an 2 36 aggregate form which prevents identification of any 2 37 individual patient, health care provider, hospital, 2 38 clinic, or other health facility. For the purposes of 2 39 this paragraph, "aggregate form" means a compilation 2 40 of the information received by the departmenton2 41termination of pregnanciesfor each information item 2 42 listed, with the exceptions of the report tracking 2 43 number, the health care provider code, and any set of 2 44 information for which the amount is so small that the 2 45 confidentiality of any person to whom the information 2 46 relates may be compromised. The department shall 2 47 establish a methodology to provide a statistically 2 48 verifiable basis for any determination of the correct 2 49 amount at which information may be released so that 2 50 the confidentiality of any person is not compromised. 3 1 3. Except as specified in subsection 2, reports, 3 2 information, and records submitted and maintained 3 3 pursuant to this section are strictly confidential and 3 4 shall not be released or made public upon subpoena, 3 5 search warrant, discovery proceedings, or by any other 3 6 means. 3 7 4. The department shall assign a code to any 3 8 health care provider who may be required to reporta3 9terminationunder this section. An application 3 10 procedure shall not be required for assignment of a 3 11 code to a health care provider. 3 12 5. A health care provider shall assign a report 3 13 tracking number which enables the health care provider 3 14 to access the patient's medical information without 3 15 identifying the patient. 3 16 6. To ensure proper performance of the reporting 3 17 requirements under this section, it is preferred that 3 18 a health care provider who practices within a 3 19 hospital, clinic, or other health facility authorize 3 20 one staff person to fulfill the reporting 3 21 requirements. 3 22 7. For the purposes of this section, "health care 3 23 provider" means an individual licensed under chapter 3 24 148, 148C, 148D, 150, 150A, or 152, or any individual 3 25 who provides medical services under the authorization 3 26 of the licensee. 3 27 8. For the purposes of this section, "inducing a 3 28 termination of pregnancy" means the use of any means 3 29 to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be 3 30 pregnant with the intent other than to produce a live 3 31 birth or to remove a dead fetus. 3 32 9. For the purposes of this section, "spontaneous 3 33 termination of pregnancy" means the occurrence of an 3 34 unintended termination of pregnancy at any time during 3 35 the period from conception to twenty weeks gestation 3 36 and which is not a spontaneous termination of 3 37 pregnancy at any time during the period from twenty 3 38 weeks or greater which is reported to the department 3 39 as a fetal death under this chapter." 3 40 #2. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the 3 41 word "in" the following: "health-related reporting 3 42 including". 3 43 3 44 3 45 3 46 HATCH of Polk 3 47 HF 116.305 79 3 48 pf/cf
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