Bill Text: IA SF2299 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to stroke-related care including the designation of comprehensive, primary, and thrombectomy-capable stroke centers and acute stroke-ready hospitals. (Formerly SSB 3125.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-22 - Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 671. [SF2299 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF2299-Introduced.html
Senate File 2299 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3125) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to stroke=related care including the 2 designation of comprehensive and primary stroke centers and 3 acute stroke=ready hospitals. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6061SV (2) 87 pf/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.192 Designation of stroke 1 2 centers and acute stroke=ready hospitals. 1 3 1. The department shall recognize as an acute stroke=ready 1 4 hospital, an accredited acute care hospital that applies for 1 5 and receives certification as an acute stroke=ready hospital 1 6 from the joint commission on the accreditation of health care 1 7 organizations or another certifying entity that is a nationally 1 8 recognized guidelines=based organization that provides acute 1 9 stroke=ready hospital certification for stroke care, if the 1 10 accredited acute care hospital is in good standing with and 1 11 maintains certification through such a national certifying 1 12 organization. 1 13 2. The department shall recognize as a primary stroke 1 14 center, an accredited acute care hospital that applies for 1 15 and receives certification as a primary stroke center from 1 16 the joint commission on the accreditation of health care 1 17 organizations or another certifying entity that is a nationally 1 18 recognized guidelines=based organization that provides primary 1 19 stroke center hospital certification for stroke care, if the 1 20 accredited acute care hospital is in good standing with and 1 21 maintains certification through such a national certifying 1 22 organization. 1 23 3. The department shall recognize as a comprehensive stroke 1 24 center, an accredited acute care hospital that applies for 1 25 and receives certification as a comprehensive stroke center 1 26 from the joint commission on the accreditation of health 1 27 care organizations or another certifying entity that is a 1 28 nationally recognized guidelines=based organization that 1 29 provides comprehensive stroke center hospital certification 1 30 for stroke care, if the accredited acute care hospital is in 1 31 good standing with and maintains certification through such a 1 32 national certifying organization. 1 33 4. The department shall appropriately recognize 1 34 comprehensive and primary stroke centers that attain a level 1 35 of stroke care distinction from the joint commission on 2 1 accreditation of health care organizations or other certifying 2 2 entity that is a nationally recognized guidelines=based 2 3 organization, including but not limited to those attaining 2 4 a level of stroke care distinction for offering mechanical 2 5 endovascular therapies. 2 6 EXPLANATION 2 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 8 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 9 This bill relates to stroke=related care. 2 10 The bill requires recognition by the department of public 2 11 health (DPH) of acute stroke=ready hospitals, primary 2 12 stroke centers and comprehensive stroke centers, based upon 2 13 accreditation by a nationally recognized entity for the 2 14 applicable level of certification, if the accredited acute care 2 15 hospital is in good standing with and maintains certification 2 16 through such a national certifying entity. 2 17 The bill also requires DPH to appropriately recognize 2 18 comprehensive and primary stroke centers that attain a level 2 19 of stroke care distinction from specified national accrediting 2 20 entities, including but not limited to those attaining a level 2 21 of stroke care distinction for offering mechanical endovascular 2 22 therapies. LSB 6061SV (2) 87 pf/rj