1. a. The department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the contractor selected through a request for proposals process to act as the department‘s intermediary in collecting, maintaining, and disseminating hospital inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory data, as initially authorized in 1996 Iowa Acts, ch. 1212, §5, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4), and 641 IAC 177.3.

 b. The memorandum of understanding shall include but is not limited to provisions that address the duties of the department and the contractor regarding the collection, reporting, disclosure, storage, and confidentiality of the data.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 135.166

  • Department: means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 154A.1
  • Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 135.108
  • State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
 2. Unless otherwise authorized or required by state or federal law, data collected under this section shall not include the social security number or name of the individual subject of the data.