House
File
548
-
Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
548
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
274)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
20,
2017
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
continuous
quality
improvement
for
the
care
1
of
individuals
with
stroke,
and
providing
for
contingent
2
implementation.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
135.191
Stroke
care
——
continuous
1
quality
improvement.
2
1.
A
nationally
certified
comprehensive
stroke
center
3
or
a
nationally
certified
primary
stroke
center
operating
4
in
the
state
shall
report
to
the
statewide
stroke
database
5
data
consistent
with
nationally
recognized
guidelines
on
the
6
treatment
of
individuals
with
confirmed
cases
of
stroke
within
7
the
state.
If
a
nationally
certified
comprehensive
stroke
8
center
or
nationally
certified
primary
stroke
center
does
not
9
comply
with
this
subsection
by
reporting
data
consistent
with
10
nationally
recognized
guidelines,
the
department
may
request
a
11
review
of
the
certification
of
the
comprehensive
stroke
center
12
or
the
primary
stroke
center
by
the
certifying
entity.
13
2.
The
department,
in
partnership
with
the
university
of
14
Iowa
college
of
public
health,
department
of
epidemiology,
15
shall
do
all
of
the
following:
16
a.
Maintain
or
utilize
a
statewide
stroke
database
that
17
compiles
information
and
statistics
on
stroke
care
which
aligns
18
with
nationally
recognized
stroke
consensus
metrics.
19
b.
Utilize
the
get
with
the
guidelines-stroke
data
set
20
platform
or
a
data
tool
with
equivalent
data
measures
and
with
21
confidentiality
standards
consistent
with
federal
and
state
law
22
and
other
health
information
and
data
collection,
storage,
and
23
sharing
requirements
of
the
department.
24
c.
Partner
with
national
voluntary
health
organizations
and
25
stroke
advocacy
organizations
that
plan
for
achieving
stroke
26
care
quality
improvement
to
avoid
duplication
and
redundancy.
27
d.
Encourage
nationally
certified
acute
stroke-ready
28
hospitals
and
emergency
medical
services
agencies
to
report
29
data
consistent
with
nationally
recognized
guidelines
on
the
30
treatment
of
individuals
with
confirmed
cases
of
stroke
within
31
the
state.
32
Sec.
2.
CONTINGENT
IMPLEMENTATION
——
UTILIZATION
OF
33
EXISTING
RESOURCES.
Implementation
of
this
Act
shall
not
34
require
the
appropriation
of
additional
funding
to
the
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department
of
public
health,
but
is
contingent
upon
the
1
utilization
of
existing
resources
by
the
department.
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