House
Study
Bill
723
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
MEYER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
participation
in
the
Iowa
health
information
1
network
by
all
hospitals
in
the
state.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
135D.4,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
135D.4
Iowa
health
information
network
——
principles
——
3
technical
infrastructure
requirements
——
required
participants
.
4
1.
The
Iowa
health
information
network
shall
be
5
administered
and
governed
by
a
designated
entity
using,
at
a
6
minimum,
the
following
principles:
7
a.
Be
patient-centered
and
market-driven.
8
b.
Comply
with
established
national
standards.
9
c.
Protect
the
privacy
of
consumers
and
the
security
and
10
confidentiality
of
all
health
information.
11
d.
Promote
interoperability.
12
e.
Increase
the
accuracy,
completeness,
and
uniformity
of
13
data.
14
f.
Preserve
the
choice
of
the
patient
to
have
the
patient’s
15
health
information
available
through
the
record
locator
16
service.
17
g.
Provide
education
to
the
general
public
and
provider
18
communities
on
the
value
and
benefits
of
health
information
19
technology.
20
2.
Widespread
adoption
of
health
information
technology
is
21
critical
to
a
successful
Iowa
health
information
network
and
is
22
best
achieved
when
all
of
the
following
occur:
23
a.
The
network,
through
the
designated
entity
complying
24
with
chapter
504
and
reporting
as
required
under
this
chapter
,
25
operates
in
an
entrepreneurial
and
businesslike
manner
in
which
26
it
is
accountable
to
all
participants
utilizing
the
network’s
27
products
and
services.
28
b.
The
network
provides
a
variety
of
services
from
which
to
29
choose
in
order
to
best
fit
the
needs
of
the
user.
30
c.
The
network
is
financed
by
all
who
benefit
from
the
31
improved
quality,
efficiency,
savings,
and
other
benefits
that
32
result
from
use
of
health
information
technology.
33
d.
The
network
is
operated
with
integrity
and
freedom
from
34
political
influence.
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3.
The
Iowa
health
information
network
technical
1
infrastructure
shall
provide
a
mechanism
for
all
of
the
2
following:
3
a.
The
facilitation
and
support
of
the
secure
electronic
4
exchange
of
health
information
between
participants.
5
b.
Participants
without
an
electronic
health
records
system
6
to
access
health
information
from
the
Iowa
health
information
7
network.
8
4.
Nothing
in
this
chapter
shall
be
interpreted
to
9
impede
or
preclude
the
formation
and
operation
of
regional,
10
population-specific,
or
local
health
information
networks
11
or
the
participation
of
such
networks
in
the
Iowa
health
12
information
network.
13
5.
All
hospitals
in
the
state
shall
contract
with
the
14
designated
entity
and
shall
comply
with
all
requirements
as
15
participants
under
this
chapter.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
requires
all
hospitals
in
the
state
to
contract
20
with
the
designated
entity
(the
nonprofit
corporation
21
designated
by
the
department
of
public
health
to
be
responsible
22
for
administering
and
governing
the
Iowa
health
information
23
network)
and
to
comply
with
all
requirements
as
participants
24
under
Code
chapter
135D
(Iowa
health
information
network).
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