HOUSE FILE 2137

BY  ISENHART and MURPHY

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the confidentiality of patient information held by a pharmacy and providing a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 155A.13A, subsection 3, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Discipline.  The board may deny, suspend, or revoke a nonresident pharmacy license for any violation of this section, section 155A.15, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, “b”, “d”, “e”, “f”, “g”, “h”, or “i”,
 
or “j”, chapter 124, 124A, 124B, 126, or 205, or a rule of the board.
    Sec. 2.  Section 155A.15, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  j.  Violated a provision of sections 261 through 264 of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191, or that any owner or employee of the pharmacy violated such a provision.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that the board of pharmacy may refuse to issue or renew a pharmacy license, or may impose a fine, issue a reprimand, or revoke, restrict, cancel, or suspend a license, and may place a licensee on probation, if the board finds that the applicant or licensee has violated the privacy requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.