Text: H01678 Text: H01680 Text: H01600 - H01699 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 732 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 22, by inserting after line 18, the 1 3 following: 1 4 " . If federal funding is received, the 1 5 department may participate in a federal home telecare 1 6 pilot program intended to manage health care needs of 1 7 subpopulations of Iowans and specifically including 1 8 subpopulations of Iowans who require high utilization 1 9 of health care services and represent a 1 10 disproportionate share of consumption of health care 1 11 services. The program shall be implemented as a 1 12 collaboration of public, private, and academic 1 13 participants and may include the participation of the 1 14 department of human services, the department of elder 1 15 affairs, and the Iowa department of public health, 1 16 with the intent of showing cost savings in proactively 1 17 managing diseases of selective populations through the 1 18 utilization of communications technology and 1 19 management protocols. The program may direct telecare 1 20 services to persons with diagnoses of specific 1 21 nonacute, chronic illnesses which may include but are 1 22 not limited to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 1 23 congestive heart disease, diabetes, and asthma. The 1 24 telecare program may provide a proactive call center 1 25 staffed by appropriate, licensed health care providers 1 26 equipped with disease management protocols. 1 27 Individuals who are participating in an indigent 1 28 patient care program pursuant to chapter 255 or 1 29 chapter 255A, are not eligible for participation in 1 30 the telecare program. The telecare program shall not 1 31 be eligible for reimbursement under chapter 255 or 1 32 chapter 255A. For the purposes of this section, 1 33 "telecare" shall include but is not limited to the 1 34 interactive delivery of diagnostic, clinical, 1 35 consultative, data, and educational services utilizing 1 36 a transmission network which may include but is not 1 37 limited to the live transmission of audio and video 1 38 data." 1 39 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 1 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 HEATON of Henry 1 44 1 45 1 46 1 47 OSTERHAUS of Jackson 1 48 HF 732.206 79 1 49 pf/gg
Text: H01678 Text: H01680 Text: H01600 - H01699 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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