House File 261 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 261
BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 8)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to limitations regarding health data
2 collection.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 135.166, subsection 2, Code 2021, is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 2. Unless otherwise authorized or required by state or
4 federal law, data collected under this section shall not
5 include the social security number or name of the individual
6 subject of the data.
7 EXPLANATION
8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
9 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
10 This bill relates to health data collected and used by
11 the department of public health (DPH). Current law directs
12 DPH to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a
13 contractor selected through a request for proposals process
14 to collect, maintain, and disseminate hospital inpatient,
15 outpatient, and ambulatory data. Current law also provides
16 that unless otherwise authorized by state or federal law, the
17 data collected shall not include the social security number
18 of the individual subject of the data. Under the bill, data
19 prohibited from collection would also include the name of the
20 individual subject of the data.
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