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1 1 DIVISION XV
1 2 UNIVERSAL NEWBORN AND INFANT HEARING SCREENING
1 3 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.131 UNIVERSAL NEWBORN AND
1 4 INFANT HEARING SCREENING.
1 5 1. For the purposes of this section, unless the context
1 6 otherwise requires:
1 7 a. "Birth center" means birth center as defined in section
1 8 135.61.
1 9 b. "Birthing hospital" means a private or public hospital
1 10 licensed pursuant to chapter 135B that has a licensed
1 11 obstetric unit or is licensed to provide obstetric services.
1 12 2. Beginning January 1, 2004, all newborns and infants
1 13 born in this state shall be screened for hearing loss in
1 14 accordance with this section. The person required to perform
1 15 the screening shall use at least one of the following
1 16 procedures:
1 17 a. Automated or diagnostic auditory brainstem response.
1 18 b. Otoacoustic emissions.
1 19 c. Any other technology approved by the department.
1 20 3. Beginning January 1, 2004, a birthing hospital shall
1 21 screen every newborn delivered in the hospital for hearing
1 22 loss prior to discharge of the newborn from the birthing
1 23 hospital. A birthing hospital that transfers a newborn for
1 24 acute care prior to completion of the hearing screening shall
1 25 notify the receiving facility of the status of the hearing
1 26 screening. The receiving facility shall be responsible for
1 27 completion of the newborn hearing screening. The birthing
1 28 hospital or other facility completing the hearing screening
1 29 under this subsection shall report the results of the
1 30 screening to the parent or guardian of the newborn and to the
1 31 department in a manner prescribed by rule of the department.
1 32 4. Beginning January 1, 2004, a birth center shall refer
1 33 the newborn to a licensed audiologist, physician, or hospital
1 34 for screening for hearing loss prior to discharge of the
1 35 newborn from the birth center. The hearing screening shall be
2 1 completed within thirty days following discharge of the
2 2 newborn. The person completing the hearing screening shall
2 3 report the results of the screening to the parent or guardian
2 4 of the newborn and to the department in a manner prescribed by
2 5 rule of the department.
2 6 5. Beginning January 1, 2004, if a newborn is delivered in
2 7 a location other than a birthing hospital or a birth center,
2 8 the physician or other health care professional who undertakes
2 9 the pediatric care of the newborn or infant shall ensure that
2 10 the hearing screening is performed within three months of the
2 11 date of the newborn's or infant's birth. The physician or
2 12 other health care professional shall report the results of the
2 13 hearing screening to the parent or guardian of the newborn or
2 14 infant and to the department in a manner prescribed by rule of
2 15 the department.
2 16 6. A birthing hospital, birth center, physician, or other
2 17 health care professional required to report information under
2 18 this section shall report all of the following information to
2 19 the department relating to a newborn's or infant's hearing
2 20 screening, as applicable:
2 21 a. The name, address, and telephone number, if available,
2 22 of the mother of the newborn or infant.
2 23 b. The primary care provider at the birthing hospital or
2 24 birth center for the newborn or infant.
2 25 c. The results of the hearing screening.
2 26 d. Any rescreenings and the diagnostic audiological
2 27 assessment procedures used.
2 28 7. The department may share information with agencies and
2 29 persons involved with newborn and infant hearing screenings,
2 30 follow-up, and intervention services, including the local
2 31 birth-to-three coordinator or similar agency, the local area
2 32 education agency, and local health care providers. The
2 33 department shall adopt rules to protect the confidentiality of
2 34 the individuals involved.
2 35 8. An area education agency with which information is
3 1 shared pursuant to subsection 7 shall report all of the
3 2 following information to the department relating to a
3 3 newborn's or infant's hearing, follow-up, and intervention
3 4 services, as applicable:
3 5 a. The name, address, and telephone number, if available,
3 6 of the mother of the newborn or infant.
3 7 b. The results of the hearing screening and any
3 8 rescreenings, including the diagnostic audiological assessment
3 9 procedures used.
3 10 c. The nature of any follow-up or other intervention
3 11 services provided to the newborn or infant.
3 12 9. A person who acts in good faith in complying with this
3 13 section shall not be civilly or criminally liable for
3 14 reporting the information required to be reported by this
3 15 section.
3 16 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 135B.18A UNIVERSAL NEWBORN AND
3 17 INFANT HEARING SCREENING.
3 18 Beginning January 1, 2004, a birthing hospital as defined
3 19 in section 135.131 shall comply with section 135.131 relating
3 20 to universal newborn and infant hearing screening.
3 21 EXPLANATION
3 22 This bill requires universal newborn and infant hearing
3 23 screening beginning January 1, 2004. The bill defines
3 24 "birthing hospital" to mean a licensed private or public
3 25 hospital that has a licensed obstetric unit or is licensed to
3 26 provide obstetric services. The bill defines "birth center"
3 27 as a facility or institution which is not an ambulatory
3 28 surgical center or a hospital or in a hospital in which births
3 29 are planned to occur following a normal, uncomplicated, low-
3 30 risk pregnancy.
3 31 The bill requires that beginning January 1, 2004, all
3 32 newborns and infants born in the state are to be screened for
3 33 hearing loss using at least one of the prescribed methods:
3 34 automated or diagnostic auditory brainstem response;
3 35 otoacoustic emissions; or any other technology approved by the
4 1 department.
4 2 The bill requires that beginning January 1, 2004, a
4 3 birthing hospital is to screen every newborn delivered in the
4 4 hospital for hearing loss prior to discharge of the newborn
4 5 from the birthing hospital. A birthing hospital that
4 6 transfers a newborn for acute care prior to completion of the
4 7 newborn hearing screening is to notify the receiving facility
4 8 of the status of the newborn hearing screening and the
4 9 receiving facility is then responsible for completion of the
4 10 newborn hearing screening. The bill directs the birthing
4 11 hospital or other facility completing the hearing screening to
4 12 report the results of the screening to the parent or guardian
4 13 of the newborn and to the Iowa department of public health
4 14 (IDPH) in a manner prescribed by rule of the department.
4 15 The bill also provides that beginning January 1, 2004, a
4 16 birth center is to refer the newborn to a licensed
4 17 audiologist, physician, or hospital for hearing loss prior to
4 18 discharge of the newborn from the birth center. The newborn
4 19 hearing screening is to be completed within 30 days following
4 20 discharge of the newborn. The person completing the newborn
4 21 hearing screening is to report the results of the screening to
4 22 the parent or guardian of the newborn and to the IDPH in a
4 23 manner prescribed by rule of the department.
4 24 Additionally, the bill provides that beginning January 1,
4 25 2004, if a newborn is delivered in a location other than a
4 26 birthing hospital or a birth center, the physician or other
4 27 health care professional who undertakes the pediatric care of
4 28 the newborn or infant is to ensure that the newborn or infant
4 29 hearing screening is performed within three months of the date
4 30 of the newborn's or infant's birth. The physician or other
4 31 health care professional is to report the results of the
4 32 newborn or infant hearing screening to the parent or guardian
4 33 of the newborn or infant and to the IDPH in a manner
4 34 prescribed by rule of the department.
4 35 The bill provides a listing of the information that a
5 1 reporter of information under the bill is required to report.
5 2 The bill authorizes the IDPH to share information with
5 3 agencies and persons involved with newborn and infant hearing
5 4 screenings, follow-up, and intervention services including the
5 5 local birth-to-three coordinator or similar agency, the local
5 6 area education agency, and local health care providers. The
5 7 bill directs the IDPH to adopt rules to protect the
5 8 confidentiality of the individuals involved. The bill also
5 9 requires that an area education agency with which information
5 10 has been shared report certain information to the IDPH
5 11 relating to the newborn's or infant's hearing screening,
5 12 follow-up, and intervention services.
5 13 The bill provides that a person who acts in good faith in
5 14 complying with the provisions of the bill is not civilly or
5 15 criminally liable for reporting the information required to be
5 16 reported under the bill.
5 17 LSB 2601SV 80
5 18 pf/sh/8
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