House
File
422
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House
File
422
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
PROVISION
OF
HEALTH
CARE
SERVICES
VIA
TELEHEALTH
FOR
THE
CIVIL
COMMITMENT
UNIT
FOR
SEXUAL
OFFENDERS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
CIVIL
COMMITMENT
UNIT
FOR
SEXUAL
OFFENDERS
——
TELEHEALTH.
The
university
of
Iowa
hospitals
and
clinics
when
providing
health
care
services
to
patients
at
the
civil
commitment
unit
for
sexual
offenders
shall
utilize
telehealth
instead
of
in-person
delivery
of
health
care
services,
to
the
greatest
extent
medically
appropriate,
to
reduce
transportation,
staffing,
and
other
costs
to
the
civil
commitment
unit
for
sexual
offenders,
which
would
otherwise
be
incurred
through
the
provision
of
in-person
delivery
of
health
House
File
422,
p.
2
care
services.
The
civil
commitment
unit
for
sexual
offenders
shall
document
the
use
of
telehealth
under
this
section
and
any
resulting
savings
in
costs
and
staffing.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
422,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor