Section 142C.17. Annual donation and compliance report.

  The Iowa department of public health, in conjunction with any statewide organ procurement organization in Iowa, shall prepare and submit a report to the general assembly on or before January 1 each year regarding organ donation rates and voluntary compliance efforts with hospital organ and tissue donation protocols by physicians, hospitals, and other health systems organizations. The report shall contain the following:

  1.  An evaluation of organ procurement efforts in the state, including statistics regarding organ and tissue donation activity as of September 30 of the preceding year.

  2.  Efforts by any statewide organ procurement organization in Iowa, and related parties, to increase organ and tissue donation and consent rates.

  3.  Voluntary compliance efforts with hospital organ and tissue donation protocols by physicians, hospitals, and health systems organizations and the results of those efforts.

  4.  Annual contribution levels to the anatomical gift public awareness and transplantation fund created in section 142C.15, and any distributions made from the fund.

  5.  Efforts and ideas for increasing public awareness of the option of organ and tissue donation.

  6.  Additional information deemed relevant by the department in assessing the status and progress of organ and tissue donation efforts in the state.

98 Acts, ch 1015, §2