SF 54 (LSB 1490XS (4) 90)

SENATE FILE 54

BY  PETERSEN, CELSI, DOTZLER, JOCHUM, QUIRMBACH, T. TAYLOR, DONAHUE, KNOX, TRONE GARRIOTT, BENNETT, WEINER, WINCKLER, GIDDENS, BISIGNANO, and WAHLS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to maternal health best practices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135B.36  Maternal health best practices or safety bundles.
   A hospital licensed under this chapter that provides labor and delivery services shall adopt and implement the current best practices or safety bundles recommended by the American college of obstetricians and gynecologists and the alliance for innovation on maternal health including but not limited to action measures for obstetrical hemorrhage, severe hypertension or preeclampsia, prevention of venous thromboembolism, reduction of low-risk primary cesarean births and support for intended vaginal births, reduction of peripartum racial disparities, and postpartum care access and standards.
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 maternal health best practices or safety bundle requirements for hospitals. The bill requires a licensed hospital that provides labor and delivery services to adopt and implement the current best practices or safety bundles recommended by the American college of obstetricians and gynecologists and the alliance for innovation on maternal health.