Bill Text: IA SF128 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to immunization information requested on a medical examiner report used for investigations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-05 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF128 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2025-SF128-Introduced.html
Senate File 128 - Introduced SENATE FILE 128 BY GUTH , SALMON , CAMPBELL , WESTRICH , and EVANS A BILL FOR An Act relating to immunization information requested on a 1 medical examiner report used for investigations. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1368XS (3) 91 lh/ko
S.F. 128 Section 1. MEDICAL EXAMINER INVESTIGATION FORM FOR 1 CHILD DEATHS AGE ZERO TO THREE —— INFORMATION REGARDING 2 IMMUNIZATIONS. 3 1. The report used by medical examiners for investigations 4 of infants zero to three years of age shall include a request 5 for information regarding the date and type of the decedent’s 6 last immunization. If the decedent received more than 7 one immunization at the time of the last immunization, the 8 information provided shall include all types of immunizations 9 received. 10 2. The state medical examiner shall adopt rules pursuant to 11 chapter 17A to comply with this section. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill requires the report used by medical examiners for 16 investigations of infants zero to three years of age shall 17 include a request for information regarding the date and 18 type of the decedent’s last immunization. If the decedent 19 received more than one immunization at the time of the last 20 immunization, the information provided shall include all types 21 of immunizations received. The bill requires the state medical 22 examiner to adopt rules to comply with the bill. 23 -1- LSB 1368XS (3) 91 lh/ko 1/ 1
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