House Study Bill 191 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KAUFMANN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to health data collection and use. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 2671YC (4) 87 pf/rj
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 135.166, subsection 2, as enacted in 2017 1 Iowa Acts, House File 393, section 104, if enacted, is amended 2 to read as follows: 3 2. Unless otherwise authorized or required by state or 4 federal law, data collected under this section shall not 5 include the social security number or name of the individual 6 subject of the data. 7 EXPLANATION 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 9 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 10 This bill relates to the collection and use of health data by 11 the department of public health. The bill amends Code section 12 135.166, if enacted in 2017 Iowa Acts, House File 393, to 13 provide that in addition to prohibiting the collection of the 14 social security number of the individual subject of the data, 15 collection of the name of such individual is also prohibited. 16 -1- LSB 2671YC (4) 87 pf/rj 1/ 1