Bill Text: IA HF578 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring a study regarding alternative methods for disposing of the body of a deceased person.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-04 - Introduced, referred to Human Resources. H.J. 386. [HF578 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF578-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
578
BY
MATSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
a
study
regarding
alternative
methods
for
1
disposing
of
the
body
of
a
deceased
person.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
IOWA
DEPARTMENT
OF
PUBLIC
HEALTH
——
ALTERNATIVE
1
METHODS
FOR
DISPOSAL
OF
BODY
——
STUDY.
The
Iowa
department
of
2
public
health,
in
consultation
with
interested
stakeholders,
3
including
but
not
limited
to
the
Iowa
funeral
directors
4
association,
the
Iowa
board
of
mortuary
science
examiners,
5
and
the
Iowa
department
of
natural
resources,
shall
conduct
a
6
study
on
whether
to
authorize
the
use
of
alkaline
hydrolysis
7
as
a
method
of
disposing
of
a
body
of
a
deceased
person.
At
a
8
minimum,
the
study
shall
consider
what
additional
requirements
9
would
be
necessary
if
alkaline
hydrolysis
was
authorized
in
10
this
state.
The
department
shall
submit
a
report
regarding
11
the
study,
including
its
findings
and
recommendations,
to
the
12
general
assembly
by
January
1,
2020.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
requires
the
Iowa
department
of
public
health
to
17
conduct
a
study
on
whether
to
authorize
the
use
of
alkaline
18
hydrolysis
as
a
method
of
disposing
of
a
body
of
a
deceased
19
person.
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
submit
a
report
to
20
the
general
assembly
about
the
study
by
January
1,
2020.
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