Bill Text: IA HF548 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to continuous quality improvement for the care of individuals with stroke. (Formerly HF 274.) Effective 7-1-17.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-03-30 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 825. [HF548 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF548-Enrolled.html

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House File 548 - Enrolled




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                              BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                  RESOURCES

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HF 274)
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                                         House File 548

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CARE
    OF INDIVIDUALS WITH STROKE, AND PROVIDING FOR CONTINGENT
    IMPLEMENTATION.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.191  Stroke care ==== continuous
 quality improvement.
    1.  A nationally certified comprehensive stroke center
 or a nationally certified primary stroke center operating
 in the state shall report to the statewide stroke database
 data consistent with nationally recognized guidelines on the
 treatment of individuals with confirmed cases of stroke within
 the state.  If a nationally certified comprehensive stroke
 center or nationally certified primary stroke center does not
 comply with this subsection by reporting data consistent with
 nationally recognized guidelines, the department may request a
 review of the certification of the comprehensive stroke center
 or the primary stroke center by the certifying entity.
    2.  The department, in partnership with the university of
 Iowa college of public health, department of epidemiology,
 shall do all of the following:
    a.  Maintain or utilize a statewide stroke database that
 compiles information and statistics on stroke care which aligns
 with nationally recognized stroke consensus metrics.
    b.  Utilize the get with the guidelines=stroke data set
 platform or a data tool with equivalent data measures and with
 confidentiality standards consistent with federal and state law
 and other health information and data collection, storage, and
 sharing requirements of the department.
    c.  Partner with national voluntary health organizations and
 stroke advocacy organizations that plan for achieving stroke
 care quality improvement to avoid duplication and redundancy.
    d.  Encourage nationally certified acute stroke=ready
 hospitals and emergency medical services agencies to report
 data consistent with nationally recognized guidelines on the
 treatment of individuals with confirmed cases of stroke within
 the state.
    Sec. 2.  CONTINGENT IMPLEMENTATION ==== UTILIZATION OF
 EXISTING RESOURCES.  Implementation of this Act shall not
 require the  appropriation of additional funding to the
 department of public health, but is contingent upon the
 utilization of existing resources by the department.


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            JACK WHITVER


                                                                                            CARMINE BOAL


                                                                                            TERRY E. BRANSTA

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