House
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
430
BY
A.
MEYER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
pediatric
congenital
heart
surgery
including
1
data
reporting
and
the
provision
of
patient
education
by
2
hospitals.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
135B.35
Pediatric
congenital
heart
1
surgery
——
public
reporting
of
data
——
patient
education.
2
A
hospital
licensed
under
this
chapter
that
provides
3
pediatric
congenital
heart
surgery
shall
do
all
of
the
4
following:
5
1.
Participate
in
a
qualified
clinical
data
registry
for
6
thoracic
surgery
by
providing
all
pediatric
congenital
heart
7
surgery
data
required
and
consenting
to
public
reporting
of
the
8
data
shared.
9
2.
Provide
information
regarding
how
to
access
the
national
10
information
provided
in
the
qualified
clinical
data
registry
11
for
thoracic
surgery
during
an
educational
consultation
with
12
a
parent
or
legal
guardian
of
a
pediatric
patient
for
whom
a
13
congenital
heart
surgery
procedure
is
recommended.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
requires
a
licensed
hospital
that
provides
18
pediatric
congenital
heart
surgery
to
participate
in
a
19
qualified
clinical
data
registry
(QCDR)
for
thoracic
surgery
by
20
providing
all
pediatric
congenital
heart
surgery
data
required
21
and
consenting
to
public
reporting
of
the
data
shared;
and
22
to
provide
information
regarding
how
to
access
the
national
23
information
provided
in
the
QCDR
for
thoracic
surgery
during
an
24
educational
consultation
with
a
parent
or
legal
guardian
of
a
25
pediatric
patient
for
whom
a
congenital
heart
surgery
procedure
26
is
recommended.
27
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