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Bills › 89th General Assembly

HF 488Died when the session ended · February 17, 2021

Relating to health-related data including hospital data and certain information included in reportable disease reports

Sponsored by the House Human Resources Committee

Topics:Health careTechnology & privacy

Same legislation: HSB 141

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Also covers HSB 141.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2021
  2. Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
  3. Done: House committeeFebruary 17, 2021
  4. Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 17, 2021
  5. Done: Senate committeeMarch 23, 2021
  6. Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary New rules would prevent the state auditor from seeing a person's name or home address in disease reports. Health departments would also be stopped from collecting names when gathering medical data from hospitals. Additionally, government workers can only see private information in these reports if they finish special training on how to keep data secret.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to health-related data protections. The bill provides that the auditor of state shall not have access to an individual’s name or residential address from a reportable disease report. The bill includes provisions related to health data collected and used by the department of public health (DPH). Current law directs DPH to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a contractor selected through a request for proposals process to collect, maintain, and disseminate hospital inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory data. Current law also provides that unless otherwise authorized by state or federal law, the data collected shall not include the social security number of the individual subject of the data. Under the bill, data prohibited from collection would also include the name of the individual subject of the data. The bill also prohibits a state or local agency employee or agent from having access to personally identifiable information included in a reportable disease report provided to or maintained by the department of public health, a local board of health, or a local public health department, unless the employee or agent has completed data confidentiality training.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named February 23, 2021. On February 24, 2021 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§11.41§135.166§139A.3

How the Code works3

Lobbying

0 for · 1 against · 15 undecided · Who →

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HSB 141Cleared committee

89th General Assembly

HF 488Passed a chamber

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