Bill Text: IA SF576 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the protection of certain patient information and data under the purview of the department of public health. (Formerly SSB 1228.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-15 - Subcommittee reassigned: Fry, Best and Wilburn. H.J. 80. [SF576 Detail]
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1228)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
protection
of
certain
patient
1
information
and
data
under
the
purview
of
the
department
of
2
public
health.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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DIVISION
I
1
DATA
COLLECTION
——
DEPARTMENT
OF
PUBLIC
HEALTH
2
Section
1.
Section
135.166,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
is
3
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
2.
Unless
otherwise
authorized
or
required
by
state
or
5
federal
law,
data
collected
under
this
section
shall
not
6
include
the
social
security
number
or
name
of
the
individual
7
subject
of
the
data.
8
DIVISION
II
9
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL
SERVICES
——
PATIENT
MEDICAL
INFORMATION
10
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
147A.4A
Patient
medical
information
11
——
limitations.
12
1.
Unless
otherwise
authorized
or
required
by
state
or
13
federal
law,
or
unless
required
for
billing
purposes,
data
14
collected
under
this
subchapter,
including
patient
care
15
reports,
that
contain
a
patient’s
medical
information,
shall
16
not
include
the
social
security
number
or
name
of
the
patient
17
who
is
the
subject
of
the
data.
18
2.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section:
19
a.
“Patient
care
report”
means
a
computerized
or
written
20
report
that
documents
the
assessment
and
management
of
a
21
patient
by
an
emergency
care
provider
in
an
out-of-hospital
22
setting.
23
b.
“Patient’s
medical
information”
means
any
information
in
24
an
emergency
medical
services
ambulance
or
transport
document
25
or
report,
including
a
patient
care
report,
that
identifies
a
26
patient
who
is
the
subject
of
the
information
or
with
respect
27
to
which
there
is
a
reasonable
basis
to
believe
that
the
28
information
could
be
used
to
identify
the
patient.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
relates
to
the
protection
of
certain
patient
33
health
data
and
information
under
the
purview
of
the
department
34
of
public
health
(DPH).
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HOSPITAL
DATA.
Division
I
of
the
bill
provides
that,
with
1
regard
to
certain
inpatient,
outpatient,
and
ambulatory
data
2
collected
from
hospitals,
unless
otherwise
authorized
or
3
required
by
state
or
federal
law,
in
addition
to
the
social
4
security
number,
the
name
of
the
individual
subject
of
the
data
5
shall
not
be
included
in
data
collected
from
hospitals
by
DPH.
6
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL
SERVICES.
Division
II
of
the
bill
7
provides
that,
unless
otherwise
authorized
or
required
by
state
8
or
federal
law,
or
unless
required
for
billing
purposes,
data
9
collected
under
Code
chapter
147A,
subchapter
I
(emergency
10
medical
care),
including
patient
care
reports,
that
contain
a
11
patient’s
medical
information,
shall
not
include
the
social
12
security
number
or
name
of
the
patient
who
is
the
subject
of
13
the
data.
14
The
division
defines
“patient
care
report”
as
a
computerized
15
or
written
report
that
documents
the
assessment
and
16
management
of
a
patient
by
an
emergency
care
provider
in
an
17
out-of-hospital
setting;
and
“patient’s
medical
information”
as
18
any
information
in
an
emergency
medical
services
ambulance
or
19
transport
document
or
report,
including
a
patient
care
report,
20
that
identifies
a
patient
who
is
the
subject
of
the
information
21
or
with
respect
to
which
there
is
a
reasonable
basis
to
believe
22
that
the
information
could
be
used
to
identify
the
patient.
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