House File 2237 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  KAUFMANN


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring hospitals to furnish newborn birth information
  2    to the Iowa department of public health.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5559YH 81
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135B.7, Code 2005, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1  3    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The department shall adopt rules
  1  4 requiring hospitals to submit information to the department
  1  5 regarding newborn births at each hospital, to assist with the
  1  6 monitoring and administration of programs including, but not
  1  7 limited to, the universal newborn and infant hearing screening
  1  8 program pursuant to section 135.131, the statewide obstetrical
  1  9 and newborn indigent patient care program pursuant to section
  1 10 135.152, and the newborn metabolic screening program pursuant
  1 11 to section 136A.5.  The information submitted shall also
  1 12 include an assessment of the medical condition of a newborn
  1 13 child, and any circumstances observed prior to, during, or
  1 14 after the birth suggesting a need for continued medical
  1 15 intervention or observation.  A hospital submitting
  1 16 information pursuant to this section shall assign an
  1 17 identification number to each newborn, so that the identity of
  1 18 the newborn shall remain confidential.  Release of information
  1 19 pursuant to this section shall be consistent with the federal
  1 20 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,
  1 21 Pub. L. No. 104=191.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill provides that the Iowa department of public
  1 24 health shall adopt rules requiring hospitals to submit
  1 25 information to the department regarding newborn births.  The
  1 26 information submitted shall assist the department with the
  1 27 monitoring and administration of a noninclusive list of
  1 28 programs relating to newborns specified in the bill.  The bill
  1 29 additionally provides that a hospital submitting information
  1 30 pursuant to this section shall assign an identification number
  1 31 to each newborn, so that the identity of the newborn shall
  1 32 remain confidential, and that the release of information shall
  1 33 be consistent with the federal Health Insurance Portability
  1 34 and Accountability Act of 1996.
  1 35 LSB 5559YH 81
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