HSB 723 (LSB 6179YC (3) 89)

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 network by all hospitals in the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 135D.4, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   135D.4  Iowa health information network —— principles —— technical infrastructure requirements —— required participants.
   1.  The Iowa health information network shall be administered and governed by a designated entity using, at a minimum, the following principles:
   a.  Be patient-centered and market-driven.
   b.  Comply with established national standards.
   c.  Protect the privacy of consumers and the security and confidentiality of all health information.
   d.  Promote interoperability.
   e.  Increase the accuracy, completeness, and uniformity of data.
   f.  Preserve the choice of the patient to have the patient’s health information available through the record locator service.
   g.  Provide education to the general public and provider communities on the value and benefits of health information technology. 
   2.  Widespread adoption of health information technology is critical to a successful Iowa health information network and is best achieved when all of the following occur:
   a.  The network, through the designated entity complying with chapter 504 and reporting as required under this chapter, operates in an entrepreneurial and businesslike manner in which it is accountable to all participants utilizing the network’s products and services.
   b.  The network provides a variety of services from which to choose in order to best fit the needs of the user.
   c.  The network is financed by all who benefit from the improved quality, efficiency, savings, and other benefits that result from use of health information technology.
   d.  The network is operated with integrity and freedom from political influence.
   3.  The Iowa health information network technical infrastructure shall provide a mechanism for all of the following:
   a.  The facilitation and support of the secure electronic exchange of health information between participants. 
   b.  Participants without an electronic health records system to access health information from the Iowa health information network.
   4.  Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to impede or preclude the formation and operation of regional, population-specific, or local health information networks or the participation of such networks in the Iowa health information network.
   5.  All hospitals in the state shall contract with the designated entity and shall comply with all requirements as participants under this chapter.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires all hospitals in the state to contract with the designated entity (the nonprofit corporation designated by the department of public health to be responsible for administering and governing the Iowa health information network) and to comply with all requirements as participants under Code chapter 135D (Iowa health information network).