House
File
649
H-1422
Amend
House
File
649
as
follows:
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1.
Page
1,
before
line
1
by
inserting:
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<
Section
1.
Section
135.22,
subsection
2,
Code
2017,
is
3
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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2.
The
director
shall
establish
and
maintain
a
central
5
registry
of
persons
with
brain
or
spinal
cord
injuries
in
6
order
to
facilitate
prevention
strategies
and
the
provision
7
of
appropriate
rehabilitative
services
to
the
persons
by
the
8
department
and
other
state
agencies.
Hospitals
shall
report
9
patients
who
are
admitted
with
a
brain
or
spinal
cord
injury
10
and
their
diagnoses
to
the
director
no
later
than
forty-five
11
days
after
the
close
of
a
quarter
in
which
the
patient
was
12
discharged.
The
report
shall
contain
the
name,
age,
and
13
residence
of
the
person,
the
date,
type,
and
cause
of
the
14
brain
or
spinal
cord
injury,
and
additional
information
as
the
15
director
requires,
except
that
where
available,
hospitals
shall
16
report
the
Glasgow
coma
scale.
The
director
shall
consult
17
with
health
care
providers
concerning
the
availability
of
18
additional
relevant
information.
The
department
shall
maintain
19
the
confidentiality
of
all
information
which
would
identify
any
20
person
named
in
a
report.
However,
the
identifying
information
21
may
be
released
for
bona
fide
research
purposes
if
the
22
confidentiality
of
the
identifying
information
is
maintained
by
23
the
researchers,
or
the
identifying
information
may
be
released
24
by
the
person
with
the
brain
or
spinal
cord
injury
or
by
the
25
person’s
guardian
or,
if
the
person
is
a
minor,
by
the
person’s
26
parent
or
guardian.
>
27
2.
Title
page,
line
2,
after
<
records
>
by
inserting
<
,
the
28
central
registry
for
brain
and
spinal
cord
injuries,
>
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3.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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