Bill Text: IA SF531 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to pediatric congenital heart surgery including data reporting and the provision of patient education by hospitals. (Formerly SF 387.) Effective 7-1-19.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-03 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1196. [SF531 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF531-Enrolled.html
Senate File 531 - Enrolled Senate File 531 AN ACT RELATING TO PEDIATRIC CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY INCLUDING DATA REPORTING AND THE PROVISION OF PATIENT EDUCATION BY HOSPITALS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. NEW SECTION . 135B.35 Pediatric congenital heart surgery —— public reporting of data —— patient education. A hospital licensed under this chapter that provides pediatric congenital heart surgery shall do all of the following: 1. Participate in a qualified clinical data registry for thoracic surgery by providing all pediatric congenital heart surgery data required and consenting to public reporting of the data shared.
Senate File 531, p. 2 2. Provide information regarding how to access the national information provided in the qualified clinical data registry for thoracic surgery during an educational consultation with a parent or legal guardian of a pediatric patient for whom a congenital heart surgery procedure is recommended. ______________________________ CHARLES SCHNEIDER President of the Senate ______________________________ LINDA UPMEYER Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 531, Eighty-eighth General Assembly. ______________________________ W. CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate Approved _______________, 2019 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor
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