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, the
      expansion population provider network as described in chapter 249J,
      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, section 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, the expansion
      population provider network as described in chapter 249J, 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, the
      expansion population provider network as described in chapter 249J,
      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, the
      expansion population provider network as described in chapter 249J,
      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.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2007 Acts, ch 218, §103
         Referred to in § 135.24, 135.153A, 135.156, 135.159, 135.175 
         Footnotes
         Development and continuation of pharmaceutical infrastructure for
      safety net providers and implementation of specialty care initiative
      in two communities; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §97, 108, 109; 2008 Acts, ch
      1187, §62; 2009 Acts, ch 182, §60