Bill Text: IA HF2438 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to health data including the collection and use of hospital data and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2262.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 291. [HF2438 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2438-Introduced.html
House
File
2438
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2438
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2262)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
health
data
including
the
collection
and
1
use
of
hospital
data
and
including
effective
date
and
2
retroactive
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
135.166,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
department
of
public
health
shall
enter
into
a
3
memorandum
of
understanding
with
the
contractor
selected
4
through
a
request
for
proposals
process
to
act
as
the
5
department’s
intermediary
in
collecting,
maintaining,
and
6
disseminating
hospital
inpatient,
outpatient,
and
ambulatory
7
data,
as
initially
authorized
in
1996
Iowa
Acts,
ch.
1212,
§5,
8
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(4),
and
641
IAC
9
177.3.
The
request
for
proposals
shall
prohibit
the
contractor
10
from
charging
a
hospital
a
fee
for
access
to
or
submission
of
11
the
data
collected
from
a
hospital
in
the
state.
12
Sec.
2.
2019
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
85,
section
97,
is
amended
13
to
read
as
follows:
14
SEC.
97.
REQUEST
FOR
PROPOSALS
PROCESS
——
TRANSITION.
The
15
department
of
public
health
shall
continue
the
memorandum
of
16
understanding
with
the
entity
acting
as
intermediary
on
June
17
30,
2019,
pursuant
to
section
135.166
,
until
the
contractor
18
selected
through
a
request
for
proposals
process
assumes
the
19
duties
of
intermediary
on
January
July
1,
2021,
as
specified
20
under
this
division
of
this
Act.
The
request
for
proposals
21
shall
be
issued
by
July
1,
2020,
and
a
contract
shall
be
22
executed
with
the
contractor
selected
by
October
1,
2020.
23
Sec.
3.
HEALTH
DATA
WORK
GROUP
——
ESTABLISHED
——
MEMBERSHIP
24
——
DUTIES
——
REPORTS.
A
health
data
work
group
is
established
25
to
evaluate
the
health
data
needs
of
the
state.
In
addition
26
to
the
members
of
the
data
sharing
and
use
work
group
of
27
the
Iowa
health
care
innovation
and
visioning
roundtable
28
established
in
2017,
the
membership
of
the
work
group
shall
29
include
a
member
of
the
rural
Iowa
community
health
alliance
30
representing
a
critical
access
hospital
and
a
representative
of
31
a
rural
prospective
payment
system
hospital.
The
work
group
32
shall
continue
the
work
of
the
roundtable
by
implementing
and
33
building
on
the
real
time
healthcare
information
strategy,
the
34
data
privacy
strategy,
and
the
oversight
strategy
recommended
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by
the
data
sharing
and
use
work
group
of
the
roundtable
as
1
submitted
in
September
2018,
and
the
data
steering
committee
2
update
and
recommendations
submitted
in
June
2019,
relating
3
to
the
governance
model
for
and
the
functionality
of
the
Iowa
4
health
information
network.
The
work
group
shall
submit
an
5
initial
report
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
June
6
1,
2020,
and
periodic
progress
reports
on
the
implementation
7
of
recommendations,
measures,
and
milestones
of
success,
and
8
any
future
actions
thereafter.
9
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
10
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
11
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
The
following
apply
retroactively
12
to
July
1,
2019:
13
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
135.166.
14
2.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
2019
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
15
85,
section
97.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
relates
to
health
data
including
the
collection
20
and
use
of
hospital
data.
21
2019
Iowa
Acts,
House
File
766,
directed
the
department
of
22
public
health
(DPH)
to
enter
into
a
memorandum
of
understanding
23
with
a
contractor
selected
through
a
request
for
proposals
24
process,
rather
than
with
the
Iowa
hospital
association,
25
to
act
as
the
department’s
intermediary
in
collecting,
26
maintaining,
and
disseminating
hospital
inpatient,
outpatient,
27
and
ambulatory
data,
and
further
directed
DPH
to
continue
the
28
memorandum
of
understanding
with
the
Iowa
hospital
association
29
until
the
contractor
selected
through
a
request
for
proposals
30
process
assumed
the
duties
of
intermediary
on
January
1,
2021.
31
The
bill
changes
the
transition
period
for
continuation
of
32
the
memorandum
of
understanding
from
January
1,
2021,
to
July
33
1,
2021.
The
bill
also
requires
that
the
request
for
proposals
34
to
select
a
contractor
prohibit
the
contractor
from
charging
a
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hospital
a
fee
for
access
to
or
submission
of
data
collected
1
by
the
contractor
from
a
hospital
in
the
state,
and
that
the
2
request
for
proposals
be
issued
by
July
1,
2020,
and
the
3
contract
with
the
contractor
selected
be
executed
by
October
4
1,
2020.
5
The
bill
establishes
a
health
data
work
group
to
evaluate
6
the
health
data
needs
of
the
state.
In
addition
to
the
members
7
of
the
data
sharing
and
use
work
group
of
the
Iowa
healthcare
8
innovation
and
visioning
roundtable
established
in
2017,
the
9
work
group
membership
shall
include
a
member
of
the
rural
10
Iowa
community
health
alliance
representing
a
critical
access
11
hospital
and
a
representative
of
a
rural
prospective
payment
12
system
hospital.
The
work
group
is
tasked
with
continuing
the
13
work
of
the
roundtable
by
implementing
and
building
on
the
14
real
time
healthcare
information
strategy,
the
data
privacy
15
strategy,
and
the
oversight
strategy
recommended
by
the
data
16
sharing
and
use
work
group
of
the
roundtable
as
submitted
17
in
September
2018,
and
the
data
steering
committee
update
18
and
recommendations
submitted
in
June
2019
relating
to
the
19
governance
model
for
and
the
functionality
of
the
Iowa
health
20
information
network.
The
work
group
shall
submit
an
initial
21
report
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
June
1,
22
2020,
and
periodic
progress
reports
on
the
implementation
of
23
recommendations,
measures,
and
milestones
of
success,
and
any
24
future
actions
thereafter.
25
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment,
and
certain
provisions
26
are
retroactively
applicable
to
July
1,
2019.
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