Bill Text: IA SF255 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to notice requirements for health-related profession licensees who request certain personal information from patients or clients.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-21 - Subcommittee: Chapman, Chelgren, and Quirmbach. S.J. 371. [SF255 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF255-Introduced.html
Senate File 255 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY CHAPMAN A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to notice requirements for health=related 2 profession licensees who request certain personal 3 information from patients or clients. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1018XS (3) 87 tr/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 147.115 Notice regarding requests 1 2 for personal information. 1 3 If a licensee requests a patient or client of the licensee 1 4 to provide personal information unrelated to the treatment or 1 5 provision of service to or billing of the patient or client, 1 6 the licensee shall notify the patient or client that providing 1 7 such information is not required for treatment or provision 1 8 of service to or billing of the patient or client and shall 1 9 state the purpose for collecting and the intended use of the 1 10 information. 1 11 EXPLANATION 1 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 13 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 14 This bill requires a licensee of a health=related profession 1 15 who requests a patient or client to provide personal 1 16 information unrelated to the treatment or provision of service 1 17 to or billing of the patient or client to notify the patient 1 18 or client that providing that information is not required for 1 19 treatment or provision of service to or billing of the patient 1 20 or client and shall state the purpose for collecting and the 1 21 intended use of the information. 1 22 A licensee, as used in the bill, refers to a physician 1 23 and surgeon, podiatric physician, osteopathic physician and 1 24 surgeon, physician assistant, psychologist, chiropractor, 1 25 nurse, dentist, dental hygienist, dental assistant, 1 26 optometrist, speech pathologist, audiologist, pharmacist, 1 27 physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational 1 28 therapist, occupational therapy assistant, orthotist, 1 29 prosthetist, pedorthist, respiratory care practitioner, 1 30 practitioner of cosmetology arts and sciences, practitioner 1 31 of barbering, funeral director, dietitian, marital and 1 32 family therapist, mental health counselor, respiratory 1 33 care and polysomnography practitioner, polysomnographic 1 34 technologist, social worker, massage therapist, athletic 1 35 trainer, acupuncturist, nursing home administrator, hearing aid 2 1 specialist, or sign language interpreter or transliterator. LSB 1018XS (3) 87 tr/nh
