House
Study
Bill
153
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
MILLER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
respiratory
syncytial
virus
season
and
1
the
coverage
of
prescription
drugs
that
protect
against
the
2
respiratory
syncytial
virus
under
the
medical
assistance
3
program.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
RESPIRATORY
SYNCYTIAL
VIRUS
SEASON
AND
COVERAGE.
1
1.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
establish
and
2
employ
a
definition
for
the
respiratory
syncytial
virus
season
3
that
is
consistent
with
the
definition
established
by
the
4
centers
for
disease
control
and
prevention
of
the
United
States
5
department
of
health
and
human
services,
which
provides
that
6
the
respiratory
syncytial
virus
season
onset
is
the
first
of
7
two
consecutive
weeks
during
which
the
mean
percentage
of
8
respiratory
syncytial
virus
specimens
is
greater
than
or
equal
9
to
ten
percent,
and
the
respiratory
syncytial
virus
season
10
offset
is
the
last
of
two
consecutive
weeks
during
which
the
11
mean
percentage
of
positive
specimens
is
less
than
or
equal
to
12
ten
percent.
13
2.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
use
Iowa
virology
14
data
collected
by
the
Iowa
department
of
public
health
and
15
reported
on
the
department
of
public
health’s
internet
site
to
16
prospectively
estimate
the
start
of
the
respiratory
syncytial
17
virus
season
and
follow
the
respiratory
syncytial
virus
season
18
to
the
end.
19
3.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
provide
coverage
20
of
prescription
drugs
that
protect
against
respiratory
21
syncytial
virus
by
November
1
of
each
year
or
at
least
22
thirty
days
prior
to
the
five-year
median
onset
date
of
the
23
respiratory
syncytial
virus
season
for
premature
infants
24
or
other
pediatric
patients
determined
to
be
at
risk
for
25
respiratory
syncytial
virus
disease
who
are
eligible
for
or
26
qualified
to
receive
medical
assistance
coverage
under
chapter
27
249A.
28
4.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
adopt
rules
to
29
implement
the
requirements
of
this
section.
30
EXPLANATION
31
This
bill
relates
to
the
respiratory
syncytial
virus
(RSV)
32
season
and
the
coverage
of
prescription
drugs
that
protect
33
against
RSV.
34
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
human
services
(DHS)
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H.F.
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to
establish
and
use
a
definition
for
the
RSV
season
that
is
1
consistent
with
the
definition
established
by
the
centers
for
2
disease
control
and
prevention
of
the
United
States
department
3
of
health
and
human
services,
which
provides
that
the
onset
of
4
the
RSV
season
occurs
the
first
of
two
consecutive
weeks
when
5
the
mean
percentage
of
all
RSV
specimens
is
greater
than
or
6
equal
to
10
percent.
The
RSV
season
offset
occurs
the
last
7
of
two
consecutive
weeks
when
the
mean
percentage
of
positive
8
specimens
is
less
than
or
equal
to
10
percent.
9
The
bill
also
requires
DHS
to
use
virology
data
collected
by
10
the
Iowa
department
of
public
health
to
estimate
the
start
of
11
the
RSV
season
and
follow
the
RSV
season
to
the
end.
12
The
bill
requires
DHS
to
provide
coverage
of
prescription
13
drugs
that
protect
against
RSV
by
November
1
of
each
year
or
14
provide
coverage
at
least
30
days
prior
to
the
five-year
median
15
onset
date
of
the
RSV
season
to
premature
infants
or
pediatric
16
patients
determined
to
be
at
risk
for
RSV
who
are
eligible
for
17
or
qualified
to
receive
coverage
under
Code
chapter
249A.
18
The
bill
instructs
DHS
to
adopt
rules
to
implement
the
19
requirements
of
the
bill.
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