Bill Text: IA HF2290 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the practice of polysomnography. (Formerly HSB 567.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-15 - Referred to Human Resources. H.J. 594. [HF2290 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2290-Introduced.html

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House File 2290 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                     RESOURCES

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 567)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the practice of polysomnography.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 148G.1, Code 2018, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  10A.  "Sleep diagnostic testing facility"
  1  4 means a building or place situated in a fixed location
  1  5 or a mobile entity that is used to provide sleep=related
  1  6 services and includes sleep=related disorder centers and
  1  7 laboratories for sleep=related respiratory disorders, but
  1  8 does not include a hospital licensed under chapter 135B that
  1  9 provides sleep=related services for its patients, including
  1 10 sleep=related services provided under arrangements made by
  1 11 the hospital for its patients whereby the hospital exercises
  1 12 professional responsibility over the arranged services.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  Section 148G.3, Code 2018, is amended to read as
  1 14 follows:
  1 15    148G.3  Location of services.
  1 16    The practice of polysomnography shall take place only in a
  1 17 facility that is accredited by a nationally recognized sleep
  1 18 medicine laboratory or center accrediting agency, in a facility
  1 19 operated by a hospital or a hospital licensed under chapter
  1 20 135B, or in a patient's home, with testing equipment provided
  1 21 by a sleep diagnostic testing facility, hospital licensed
  1 22 under chapter 135B, or mobile testing company with a physical
  1 23 location in the state of Iowa, pursuant to rules adopted by
  1 24 the board; provided, however, that the scoring of data and the
  1 25 education of patients may take place in another setting.
  1 26    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  148G.3A  Supervision of sleep=related
  1 27 services in a patient's home.
  1 28    Sleep=related services provided in a patient's home shall
  1 29 be conducted under the general supervision of a physician
  1 30 or qualified health care professional prescriber and the
  1 31 results thereof shall be interpreted by a physician. Patients
  1 32 shall be educated on the proper use of testing equipment
  1 33 by a respiratory care practitioner, respiratory care and
  1 34 polysomnography practitioner, registered polysomnographic
  1 35 technologist, or physician employed by or affiliated with the
  2  1 sleep diagnostic testing facility providing the sleep=related
  2  2 services.
  2  3    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  148G.3B  Operation of sleep diagnostic
  2  4 testing facilities.
  2  5    A sleep diagnostic testing facility shall comply with all of
  2  6 the following standards:
  2  7    1.  A sleep diagnostic testing facility shall be supervised
  2  8 by a physician.
  2  9    2.  A sleep diagnostic testing facility shall be accredited
  2 10 by a nationally recognized sleep medicine laboratory or center
  2 11 accrediting agency.
  2 12    3.  Data from the provision of sleep=related services shall
  2 13 be interpreted by a physician.
  2 14    4.  All sleep=related services shall be conducted by or under
  2 15 the general supervision of a physician or qualified health care
  2 16 professional prescriber.
  2 17                           EXPLANATION
  2 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 19 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 20    This bill concerns the practice of polysomnography in Iowa.
  2 21    The bill adds a requirement that any in=home sleep
  2 22 diagnostic testing be performed with equipment provided by
  2 23 a sleep diagnostic testing facility, hospital, or mobile
  2 24 testing company with a physical location in Iowa and that the
  2 25 patient receive education on the proper use of such equipment
  2 26 by a respiratory care practitioner, respiratory care and
  2 27 polysomnography practitioner, registered polysomnographic
  2 28 technologist, or physician employed by or affiliated with the
  2 29 sleep diagnostic testing facility. The bill also requires
  2 30 that any sleep=related services provided in a patient's home
  2 31 be performed under the general supervision of a physician or
  2 32 qualified health care professional prescriber and data from the
  2 33 provision of sleep=related services shall be interpreted by a
  2 34 physician.
  2 35    The bill requires a sleep diagnostic testing facility,
  3  1 as defined in the bill, to be accredited by a nationally
  3  2 recognized sleep medicine laboratory or center accrediting
  3  3 agency.
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