SF 2271 (LSB 5953XS (7) 90)

SENATE FILE 2271

BY  ALONS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the availability to the public of certain deceased individuals’ anonymized biographical information and immunization record data.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.39F  Publicly available anonymized biographical information and immunization record data —— certain deceased individuals.
   1.  For each individual for whom a death certificate is filed in the state pursuant to section 144.26 on or after January 1, 2020, the department shall do all of the following:
   a.  Create, and assign an individual identifier to, a report for each individual that includes all of the following biographical information collected from the individual’s death certificate:
   (1)  The individual’s year of birth.
   (2)  The individual’s year of death.
   (3)  The individual’s biological sex.
   (4)  The individual’s ethnicity.
   (5)  The cause of death of the individual using international classification of diseases codes.
   b.  (1)  Search the immunization registry information system to collect the following immunization data for all available vaccinations for each individual for whom a report is created under paragraph “a” using the following criteria:
   (a)  If the individual is under eighteen years of age, the entire immunization record data set of the individual.
   (b)  If the individual is eighteen years of age or older, the immunization record data set for the twenty-four months immediately preceding the individual’s death.
   (2)  Create a report, and assign the same individual identifier to, the individual’s immunization data collected under this paragraph “b” as is assigned to the individual’s biographical information collected under paragraph “a”.
   2.  Following the collection of the information and data, and the creation of the reports under subsection 1, paragraphs “a” and “b”, the department shall make both anonymized reports available to the public in a digital, downloadable format such as a comma-separate text file.
   3.  The department shall not reproduce, release, or disclose the information compiled under this section for any purpose other than for the purposes of this section.
   4.  Beginning July 1, 2024, and thereafter, the department shall comply with this section for each death certificate filed in the state pursuant to section 144.26 within ninety days of the filing of the death certificate.
   5.  For the purposes of this section, “immunization record data set” includes but is not limited to all of the following data elements:
   a.  The vaccination administration date, expressed in the number of days immediately preceding the date of death of the individual.
   b.  The vaccination product name.
   c.  The vaccination dose amount.
   d.  The vaccination dose volume.
   e.  The vaccination dose volume units.
   f.  The vaccination expiration date.
   g.  The vaccination lot number.
   h.  The vaccination route of administration.
   i.  The vaccination site of administration.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the public availability of anonymized biographical information and immunization record data of certain deceased individuals.
   The bill requires the department of health and human services (HHS), for each individual for whom a death certificate is filed in the state pursuant to Code section 144.26 on or after January 1, 2020, to first create, and assign an individual identifier to, a report for each individual that includes biographical information collected from the individual’s death certificate including the individual’s year of birth, year of death, biological sex, ethnicity, and cause of death using international classification of diseases codes. HHS is then required to search the immunization registry information system to collect immunization data for all available vaccinations for each deceased individual. If the deceased individual is under 18 years of age, HHS shall collect the entire immunization record data set of the individual. If the deceased individual is 18 years of age or older, HHS shall collect the immunization record data set for the 24 months immediately preceding the individual’s date of death. Following collection of the immunization data, HHS shall create a report and assign the same individual identifier to the individual’s collected immunization data as assigned to the individual’s collected biographical information.
   Following the collection of the biographical information and immunization data and the creation of the reports, HHS shall make both anonymized reports available to the public in a digital, downloadable format, such as a comma-separate text file.
   HHS shall not reproduce, release, or disclose the information compiled under the bill for any purpose other than for the purposes of the bill.
   Beginning July 1, 2024, and thereafter, HHS shall comply with the bill for each death certificate filed in the state within 90 days of the filing of the death certificate.
   The bill defines “immunization record data set” for the purposes of the bill.