Bill Text: IA SF2170 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to information to be provided, recorded, and reported by health care providers relative to certain vaccinations, and providing penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-19 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF2170 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF2170-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2170
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2170
BY
GUTH
,
CARLIN
,
and
SCHULTZ
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
information
to
be
provided,
recorded,
1
and
reported
by
health
care
providers
relative
to
certain
2
vaccinations,
and
providing
penalties.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
135.39E
Vaccinations
——
health
care
1
provider
requirements
——
penalties.
2
1.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section:
3
a.
“Health
care
provider”
means
any
licensed
health
care
4
professional,
organization,
or
institution,
whether
public
5
or
private,
including
federal,
state,
and
local
departments,
6
agencies,
and
instrumentalities,
under
whose
authority
a
7
vaccine
set
forth
in
the
vaccine
injury
table
is
administered.
8
b.
“Health
profession
board”
means
a
profession
board
9
designated
pursuant
to
section
147.13.
10
c.
“Vaccine
injury
table”
means
the
vaccine
injury
table
11
created
and
revised
pursuant
to
42
U.S.C.
§300aa-14.
12
2.
The
department
shall
collaborate
with
each
health
13
profession
board
to
ensure
that
a
health
care
provider
under
14
the
purview
of
the
department
or
a
health
profession
board
15
is
aware
of
and
complies
with
the
requirements
of
42
U.S.C.
16
§300aa-25
and
42
U.S.C.
§300aa-26,
including
all
of
the
17
following:
18
a.
That
the
health
care
provider
provides
an
adult
patient,
19
or
the
parent
or
legal
representative
of
a
minor
patient,
with
20
a
copy
of
the
relevant
federal
vaccine
information
statement
21
for
the
vaccine
the
patient
is
to
receive
and
verbally
informs
22
the
adult
patient,
or
the
parent
or
legal
representative
of
a
23
minor
patient,
of
the
existence
of
the
vaccine
adverse
events
24
reporting
system
and
the
vaccine
injury
compensation
program
25
referenced
in
the
statement,
prior
to
the
patient
receiving
the
26
vaccine.
27
b.
That
the
health
care
provider
records
certain
required
28
information
about
the
vaccine
administered
in
the
patient’s
29
medical
record
or
a
permanent
office
log
or
file.
30
c.
That
the
health
care
provider
documents
any
adverse
31
event
following
the
vaccination
that
the
patient
experiences
32
and
that
becomes
known
to
the
health
care
provider,
submits
33
the
report
to
the
federal
vaccine
adverse
events
reporting
34
system,
and
provides
the
adult
patient
or
the
parent
or
legal
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representative
of
a
minor
patient
with
a
copy
of
the
report.
1
3.
The
health
profession
board
for
a
health
care
provider
2
may
deny
an
applicant
a
license
or
suspend,
revoke,
or
refuse
3
to
renew
a
license,
and
may
take
other
disciplinary
action
4
against
a
licensee
based
on
the
applicant
or
licensee
having
5
three
or
more
verified
failures
to
comply
in
one
calendar
year
6
with
the
applicable
health
care
provider
requirements
pursuant
7
to
42
U.S.C.
§300aa-25
and
42
U.S.C.
§300aa-26.
8
4.
A
health
care
provider
who
violates
a
provision
of
9
42
U.S.C.
§300aa-25
or
42
U.S.C.
§300aa-26,
in
addition
to
10
licensee
disciplinary
action
pursuant
to
subsection
3,
shall
11
be
subject
to
a
fine,
per
violation,
in
an
amount
established
12
by
rule
of
the
department
or
the
respective
health
profession
13
board,
as
applicable.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
relates
to
the
requirements
established
under
18
federal
law
for
health
care
providers
administering
certain
19
vaccines.
The
bill
provides
definitions
used
in
the
bill
20
including
“health
care
provider”
which
is
the
definition
used
21
under
federal
law
(42
U.S.C.
§300aa-33(1));
“health
profession
22
board”;
and
“vaccine
injury
table”.
23
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
public
health
(DPH)
to
24
collaborate
with
each
health
profession
board
to
ensure
that
25
a
health
care
provider
under
the
purview
of
the
department
26
or
a
health
profession
board
is
aware
of
and
complies
with
27
the
requirements
applicable
to
health
care
providers
who
28
administer
vaccines
on
the
federal
vaccine
injury
table
under
29
the
federal
National
Childhood
Vaccine
Injury
Act
of
1986
(42
30
U.S.C.
§§300aa-1
to
300aa-34),
including
provision
of
the
31
relevant
federal
vaccine
information
statement
for
the
vaccine
32
the
patient
is
to
receive
and
verbal
information
regarding
33
the
vaccine
adverse
events
reporting
system
and
the
vaccine
34
injury
compensation
program,
prior
to
the
patient
receiving
the
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vaccine;
the
recording
of
certain
required
information
about
1
the
vaccine
administered
in
the
patient’s
medical
record
or
a
2
permanent
office
log
or
file;
the
documenting
and
reporting
of
3
any
adverse
event
following
the
vaccination
that
the
patient
4
experiences
and
that
becomes
known
to
the
health
care
provider
5
to
the
federal
vaccine
adverse
events
reporting
system;
and
the
6
provision
of
a
copy
of
the
adverse
event
report
to
the
adult
7
patient
or
parent
or
legal
representative
of
a
minor
patient.
8
The
bill
provides
for
disciplinary
action
by
DPH
or
the
9
respective
health
profession
board
and
fines
established
by
10
DPH
or
the
respective
board
for
noncompliance
with
the
federal
11
requirements.
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