S-5012

   Amend Senate File 2252 as follows:
   1.  Page 4, line 9, after <laws.> by inserting <A provider of pregnancy support services shall comply with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA as defined in section 135D.2, whether or not the provider is a covered entity as defined under HIPAA or is otherwise subject to HIPAA.>
   2.  Page 4, after line 9 by inserting: 
   <k.  Secure written informed consent from a pregnant woman prior to provision of an ultrasound if the ultrasound is to be performed by a person who is not a licensed health care provider qualified to interpret ultrasound results. The provider shall retain a copy of the written informed consent in the provider’s records.
   4A.  The department shall publish the complete text of each contract entered into with a provider of pregnancy support services on the department’s internet site.>
   3.  Page 4, before line 12 by inserting: 
   <5.  The department shall establish a complaints process for submission of reports of alleged violations of this section, including alleged violations of administrative rules or the terms of contracts entered into under this section. A provider of pregnancy support services determined by the department to have three or more substantiated complaints is deemed to have breached the provider’s contract, and is subject to repayment of any unexpended funds received under the contract.>
   4.  Page 4, by striking line 13 and inserting <17A to administer the program, and including the process for reporting and substantiating complaints. If the department selects>
   5.  Page 5, before line 2 by inserting: 
   <f.  For each provider of pregnancy support services under contract, the number of Iowans served by the provider, the type of services provided, and the amount of state funding expended for each service.
   g.  The number of complaints submitted to the department, the number of complaints substantiated, and any action taken on the substantiated complaints.>
   6.  By renumbering as necessary.

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SARAH TRONE GARRIOTT