2018 Iowa Code
Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Section 135.153 - Iowa collaborative safety net provider network established.
135.153
Iowa collaborative safety net provider network established.
1. The department shall establish an Iowa collaborative safety net provider network that includes community health centers, rural health clinics, free clinics, maternal and child health centers, local boards of health that provide direct services, Iowa family planning network agencies, child health specialty clinics, and other safety net providers. The network shall be a continuation of the network established pursuant to 2005 Iowa Acts, ch. 175, §2, subsection 12. The network shall include all of the following:
a. An Iowa safety net provider advisory group consisting of representatives of community health centers, rural health clinics, free clinics, maternal and child health centers, local boards of health that provide direct services, Iowa family planning network agencies, child health specialty clinics, other safety net providers, patients, and other interested parties.
b. A planning process to logically and systematically implement the Iowa collaborative safety net provider network.
c. A database of all community health centers, rural health clinics, free clinics, maternal and child health centers, local boards of health that provide direct services, Iowa family planning network agencies, child health specialty clinics, and other safety net providers. The data collected shall include the demographics and needs of the vulnerable populations served, current provider capacity, and the resources and needs of the participating safety net providers.
d. Network initiatives to, at a minimum, improve quality, improve efficiency, reduce errors, and provide clinical communication between providers. The network initiatives shall include but are not limited to activities that address all of the following:
(1) Training.
(2) Information technology.
(3) Financial resource development.
(4) A referral system for ambulatory care.
(5) A referral system for specialty care.
(6) Pharmaceuticals.
(7) Recruitment of health professionals.
2. The network shall form a governing group which includes two individuals each representing community health centers, rural health clinics, free clinics, maternal and child health centers, local boards of health that provide direct services, the state board of health, Iowa family planning network agencies, child health specialty clinics, and other safety net providers.
3. The department shall provide for evaluation of the network and its impact on the medically underserved.
2007 Acts, ch 218, §103; 2013 Acts, ch 138, §117 – 119, 127; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
Referred to in §135.24, §135.159
