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1 1 Section 1. Section 8D.2, subsection 5, Code Supplement
1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 5. "Public agency" means a state agency, an institution
1 4 under the control of the board of regents, the judicial branch
1 5 as provided in section 8D.13, subsection 17, a school
1 6 corporation, a county, a city library, a library service area
1 7 as provided in chapter 256, a county library as provided in
1 8 chapter 336, or a judicial district department of correctional
1 9 services established in section 905.2, to the extent provided
1 10 in section 8D.13, subsection 15, an agency of the federal
1 11 government, or a United States post office which receives a
1 12 federal grant for pilot and demonstration projects.
1 13 Sec. 2. Section 8D.13, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
1 14 Supplement 2001, is amended to read as follows:
1 15 c. "Part III" means the communications connection between
1 16 the secondary switching centers and the agencies defined in
1 17 section 8D.2, subsections 4 and 5, excluding state agencies,
1 18 counties, institutions under the control of the board of
1 19 regents, nonprofit institutions of higher education eligible
1 20 for tuition grants, and the judicial branch, judicial district
1 21 departments of correctional services, hospitals and physician
1 22 clinics, agencies of the federal government, and post offices.
1 23 Sec. 3. Section 8D.13, subsection 16, Code Supplement
1 24 2001, is amended to read as follows:
1 25 16. Access shall be offered to hospitals licensed pursuant
1 26 to chapter 135B and physician clinics for diagnostic,
1 27 clinical, consultative, data, and educational services for the
1 28 purpose of developing a comprehensive, statewide telemedicine
1 29 network, to counties, to an agency of the federal government,
1 30 and to a post office defined as a public agency pursuant to
1 31 section 8D.2, subsection 5. A hospital, physician clinic,
1 32 county, an agency of the federal government, or a post office
1 33 defined as a public agency pursuant to section 8D.2,
1 34 subsection 5, shall be responsible for all costs associated
1 35 with becoming a part of the network.
2 1 EXPLANATION
2 2 This bill provides for Iowa communications network access
2 3 by counties. The bill provides that a county shall be
2 4 considered a public agency pursuant to Code section 8D.2,
2 5 subsection 5, for purposes of authorized network access, and
2 6 shall be responsible for all costs associated with becoming a
2 7 part of the network.
2 8 LSB 6292SS 79
2 9 rn/sh/8
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