House
File
2262
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2262
BY
FRY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
health
data
including
the
collection
and
1
use
of
hospital
data
and
including
effective
date
and
2
retroactive
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
135.166,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
department
of
public
health
shall
enter
into
a
3
memorandum
of
understanding
with
the
contractor
selected
4
through
a
request
for
proposals
process
to
act
as
the
5
department’s
intermediary
in
collecting,
maintaining,
and
6
disseminating
hospital
inpatient,
outpatient,
and
ambulatory
7
data,
as
initially
authorized
in
1996
Iowa
Acts,
ch.
1212,
§5,
8
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(4),
and
641
IAC
9
177.3.
The
request
for
proposals
shall
prohibit
the
contractor
10
from
charging
a
hospital
a
fee
for
access
to
the
data
collected
11
from
a
hospital
in
the
state.
12
Sec.
2.
2019
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
85,
section
97,
is
amended
13
to
read
as
follows:
14
SEC.
97.
REQUEST
FOR
PROPOSALS
PROCESS
——
TRANSITION.
The
15
department
of
public
health
shall
continue
the
memorandum
of
16
understanding
with
the
entity
acting
as
intermediary
on
June
17
30,
2019,
pursuant
to
section
135.166
,
until
the
contractor
18
selected
through
a
request
for
proposals
process
assumes
the
19
duties
of
intermediary
on
January
July
1,
2021,
as
specified
20
under
this
division
of
this
Act.
The
request
for
proposals
21
shall
be
issued
by
July
1,
2020,
and
a
contract
shall
be
22
executed
with
the
contractor
selected
by
October
1,
2020.
23
Sec.
3.
HEALTH
DATA
WORK
GROUP
——
ESTABLISHED
——
MEMBERSHIP
24
——
DUTIES
——
REPORTS.
A
health
data
work
group
is
established
25
to
evaluate
the
health
data
needs
of
the
state.
The
work
group
26
shall
be
comprised
of
the
members
of
the
data
sharing
and
use
27
work
group
of
the
Iowa
healthcare
innovation
and
visioning
28
roundtable
established
in
2017.
The
work
group
shall
continue
29
the
work
of
the
roundtable
by
implementing
and
building
on
the
30
real
time
healthcare
information
strategy,
the
data
privacy
31
strategy,
and
the
oversight
strategy
recommended
by
the
data
32
sharing
and
use
work
group
of
the
roundtable
as
submitted
33
in
September
2018,
and
the
data
steering
committee
update
34
and
recommendations
submitted
in
June
2019,
relating
to
the
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governance
model
for
and
the
functionality
of
the
Iowa
health
1
information
network.
The
work
group
shall
submit
an
initial
2
report
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
December
15,
3
2020,
and
periodic
progress
reports
on
the
implementation
of
4
recommendations,
measures,
and
milestones
of
success,
and
any
5
future
actions
thereafter.
6
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
7
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
8
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
The
following
apply
retroactively
9
to
July
1,
2019:
10
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
135.166.
11
2.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
2019
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
12
85,
section
97.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
relates
to
health
data
including
the
collection
17
and
use
of
hospital
data.
18
2019
Iowa
Acts,
House
File
766,
directed
the
department
of
19
public
health
(DPH)
to
enter
into
a
memorandum
of
understanding
20
with
a
contractor
selected
through
a
request
for
proposals
21
process,
rather
than
with
the
Iowa
hospital
association,
22
to
act
as
the
department’s
intermediary
in
collecting,
23
maintaining,
and
disseminating
hospital
inpatient,
outpatient,
24
and
ambulatory
data,
and
further
directed
DPH
to
continue
the
25
memorandum
of
understanding
with
the
Iowa
hospital
association
26
until
the
contractor
selected
through
a
request
for
proposals
27
process
assumed
the
duties
of
intermediary
on
January
1,
2021.
28
The
bill
changes
the
transition
period
for
continuation
29
of
the
memorandum
of
understanding
from
January
1,
2021,
to
30
July
1,
2021.
The
bill
also
requires
that
the
request
for
31
proposals
to
select
a
contractor
prohibit
the
contractor
from
32
charging
a
hospital
a
fee
for
access
to
data
collected
by
the
33
contractor
from
a
hospital
in
the
state,
and
that
the
request
34
for
proposals
be
issued
by
July
1,
2020,
and
the
contract
with
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the
contractor
selected
be
executed
by
October
1,
2020.
1
The
bill
establishes
a
health
data
work
group
to
evaluate
the
2
health
data
needs
of
the
state.
The
work
group
is
comprised
3
of
the
members
of
the
data
sharing
and
use
work
group
of
the
4
Iowa
healthcare
innovation
and
visioning
roundtable
established
5
in
2017.
The
work
group
is
tasked
with
continuing
the
work
of
6
the
roundtable
by
implementing
and
building
on
the
real
time
7
healthcare
information
strategy,
the
data
privacy
strategy,
and
8
the
oversight
strategy
recommended
by
the
data
sharing
and
use
9
work
group
of
the
roundtable
as
submitted
in
September
2018,
10
and
the
data
steering
committee
update
and
recommendations
11
submitted
in
June
2019
relating
to
the
governance
model
for
12
and
the
functionality
of
the
Iowa
health
information
network.
13
The
work
group
shall
submit
an
initial
report
to
the
governor
14
and
the
general
assembly
by
December
15,
2020,
and
periodic
15
progress
reports
on
the
implementation
of
recommendations,
16
measures,
and
milestones
of
success,
and
any
future
actions
17
thereafter.
18
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment,
and
certain
provisions
19
are
retroactively
applicable
to
July
1,
2019.
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