1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 730 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.3 "Section 1.
[62Q.59] FORMULARY-BASED WOUND CARE.
1.4 A health plan must cover formulary-based wound care for persons receiving services
1.5in a primary care clinic or other outpatient setting, or residing in a nursing facility
1.6licensed under sections 144A.02 to 144A.10, if prescribed by a physician or an advanced
1.7practice nurse with prescribing authority. For purposes of this section, "formulary-based
1.8wound care" means a process that uses new wound diagnostic, treatment, and prevention
1.9technologies and prescription drugs for treatment of wounds that have not healed.
1.10Formulary-based wound care must be prescribed under bundled medical codes for an
1.11episode of care, and must use Web-based software and electronic medical records to
1.12measure, monitor, report, and evaluate treatments and outcomes.
1.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2010, and applies to health
1.14plans offered, sold, issued, or renewed on or after that date. "