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1 1 HOUSE FILE 454
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO MANDATORY UNIVERSAL NEWBORN AND INFANT HEARING
1 5 SCREENING.
1 6
1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 8
1 9 DIVISION XV
1 10 UNIVERSAL NEWBORN AND INFANT HEARING SCREENING
1 11 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.131 UNIVERSAL NEWBORN AND
1 12 INFANT HEARING SCREENING.
1 13 1. For the purposes of this section, unless the context
1 14 otherwise requires:
1 15 a. "Birth center" means birth center as defined in section
1 16 135.61.
1 17 b. "Birthing hospital" means a private or public hospital
1 18 licensed pursuant to chapter 135B that has a licensed
1 19 obstetric unit or is licensed to provide obstetric services.
1 20 2. Beginning January 1, 2004, all newborns and infants
1 21 born in this state shall be screened for hearing loss in
1 22 accordance with this section. The person required to perform
1 23 the screening shall use at least one of the following
1 24 procedures:
1 25 a. Automated or diagnostic auditory brainstem response.
1 26 b. Otoacoustic emissions.
1 27 c. Any other technology approved by the department.
1 28 3. Beginning January 1, 2004, a birthing hospital shall
1 29 screen every newborn delivered in the hospital for hearing
1 30 loss prior to discharge of the newborn from the birthing
1 31 hospital. A birthing hospital that transfers a newborn for
1 32 acute care prior to completion of the hearing screening shall
1 33 notify the receiving facility of the status of the hearing
1 34 screening. The receiving facility shall be responsible for
1 35 completion of the newborn hearing screening. The birthing
2 1 hospital or other facility completing the hearing screening
2 2 under this subsection shall report the results of the
2 3 screening to the parent or guardian of the newborn and to the
2 4 department in a manner prescribed by rule of the department.
2 5 4. Beginning January 1, 2004, a birth center shall refer
2 6 the newborn to a licensed audiologist, physician, or hospital
2 7 for screening for hearing loss prior to discharge of the
2 8 newborn from the birth center. The hearing screening shall be
2 9 completed within thirty days following discharge of the
2 10 newborn. The person completing the hearing screening shall
2 11 report the results of the screening to the parent or guardian
2 12 of the newborn and to the department in a manner prescribed by
2 13 rule of the department.
2 14 5. Beginning January 1, 2004, if a newborn is delivered in
2 15 a location other than a birthing hospital or a birth center,
2 16 the physician or other health care professional who undertakes
2 17 the pediatric care of the newborn or infant shall ensure that
2 18 the hearing screening is performed within three months of the
2 19 date of the newborn's or infant's birth. The physician or
2 20 other health care professional shall report the results of the
2 21 hearing screening to the parent or guardian of the newborn or
2 22 infant and to the department in a manner prescribed by rule of
2 23 the department.
2 24 6. A birthing hospital, birth center, physician, or other
2 25 health care professional required to report information under
2 26 subsection 3, 4, or 5, shall report all of the following
2 27 information to the department relating to a newborn's or
2 28 infant's hearing screening, as applicable:
2 29 a. The name, address, and telephone number, if available,
2 30 of the mother of the newborn or infant.
2 31 b. The primary care provider at the birthing hospital or
2 32 birth center for the newborn or infant.
2 33 c. The results of the hearing screening.
2 34 d. Any rescreenings and the diagnostic audiological
2 35 assessment procedures used.
3 1 7. The department may share information with agencies and
3 2 persons involved with newborn and infant hearing screenings,
3 3 follow-up, and intervention services, including the local
3 4 birth-to-three coordinator or similar agency, the local area
3 5 education agency, and local health care providers. The
3 6 department shall adopt rules to protect the confidentiality of
3 7 the individuals involved.
3 8 8. An area education agency with which information is
3 9 shared pursuant to subsection 7 shall report all of the
3 10 following information to the department relating to a
3 11 newborn's or infant's hearing, follow-up, and intervention
3 12 services, as applicable:
3 13 a. The name, address, and telephone number, if available,
3 14 of the mother of the newborn or infant.
3 15 b. The results of the hearing screening and any
3 16 rescreenings, including the diagnostic audiological assessment
3 17 procedures used.
3 18 c. The nature of any follow-up or other intervention
3 19 services provided to the newborn or infant.
3 20 9. This section shall not apply if the parent objects to
3 21 the screening. If a parent objects to the screening, the
3 22 birthing hospital, birth center, physician, or other health
3 23 care professional required to report information under
3 24 subsection 3, 4, or 5 to the department shall obtain a written
3 25 refusal from the parent, shall document the refusal in the
3 26 newborn's or infant's medical record, and shall report the
3 27 refusal to the department in the manner prescribed by rule of
3 28 the department.
3 29 10. A person who acts in good faith in complying with this
3 30 section shall not be civilly or criminally liable for
3 31 reporting the information required to be reported by this
3 32 section.
3 33 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 135B.18A UNIVERSAL NEWBORN AND
3 34 INFANT HEARING SCREENING.
3 35 Beginning January 1, 2004, a birthing hospital as defined
4 1 in section 135.131 shall comply with section 135.131 relating
4 2 to universal newborn and infant hearing screening.
4 3
4 4
4 5
4 6 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
4 7 Speaker of the House
4 8
4 9
4 10
4 11 MARY E. KRAMER
4 12 President of the Senate
4 13
4 14 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
4 15 is known as House File 454, Eightieth General Assembly.
4 16
4 17
4 18
4 19 MARGARET THOMSON
4 20 Chief Clerk of the House
4 21 Approved , 2003
4 22
4 23
4 24
4 25 THOMAS J. VILSACK
4 26 Governor
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