Senate File 51 - Reprinted
SENATE FILE
BY ZAUN
(As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 22, 2017)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to a cytomegalovirus public health initiative
2 and the testing of newborns for congenital cytomegalovirus.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 136A.5B Cytomegalovirus public
1 2 health initiative.
1 3 1. In accordance with the duties prescribed in section
1 4 136A.3, the center for congenital and inherited disorders
1 5 shall collaborate with state and local health agencies
1 6 and other public and private organizations to develop and
1 7 publish or approve and publish informational materials to
1 8 educate and raise awareness of cytomegalovirus and congenital
1 9 cytomegalovirus among women who may become pregnant, expectant
1 10 parents, parents of infants, attending health care providers,
1 11 and others, as appropriate. The materials shall include
1 12 information regarding all of the following:
1 13 a. The incidence of cytomegalovirus and congenital
1 14 cytomegalovirus.
1 15 b. The transmission of cytomegalovirus to a pregnant woman
1 16 or a woman who may become pregnant.
1 17 c. Birth defects caused by congenital cytomegalovirus.
1 18 d. Methods of diagnosing congenital cytomegalovirus.
1 19 e. Available preventive measures to avoid cytomegalovirus
1 20 infection by women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant.
1 21 f. Early interventions, treatment, and services available
1 22 for children diagnosed with congenital cytomegalovirus.
1 23 2. An attending health care provider shall provide to a
1 24 pregnant woman during the first trimester of the pregnancy the
1 25 informational materials published under this subsection. The
1 26 center for congenital and inherited disorders shall make the
1 27 informational materials available to attending health care
1 28 providers upon request.
1 29 3. The department shall publish the informational
1 30 materials on its internet site and shall specifically make the
1 31 informational materials available electronically to child care
1 32 facilities and child care homes as defined in section 237A.1,
1 33 school nurses, hospitals, attending health care providers, and
1 34 other health care providers offering care to pregnant women and
1 35 infants.
2 1 Sec. 2. Section 135.131, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
2 2 following new subsection:
2 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 8A. a. If the results of the newborn
2 4 hearing screening performed under this section demonstrate that
2 5 the newborn has hearing loss, the birthing hospital, birth
2 6 center, physician, or other health care professional required
2 7 to ensure that the hearing screening is performed on the
2 8 newborn under this section, shall do all of the following:
2 9 (1) Test the newborn or ensure that the newborn is tested
2 10 for congenital cytomegalovirus before the newborn is twenty=one
2 11 days of age.
2 12 (2) Provide information to the parent of the newborn
2 13 including information regarding the birth defects caused by
2 14 congenital cytomegalovirus and early intervention and treatment
2 15 resources and services available for children diagnosed with
2 16 congenital cytomegalovirus.
2 17 b. This subsection shall not apply if the parent objects to
2 18 the testing. If a parent objects to the testing, the birthing
2 19 hospital, birth center, physician, or other health care
2 20 professional required to test or to ensure that the newborn is
2 21 tested for congenital cytomegalovirus under this subsection
2 22 shall obtain a written refusal from the parent, shall document
2 23 the refusal in the newborn's or infant's medical record, and
2 24 shall report the refusal to the department in the manner
2 25 prescribed by rule of the department.
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