Bill Text: IA SF169 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to bone marrow donation public awareness.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF169 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF169-Introduced.html
Senate File 169 - Introduced SENATE FILE 169 BY SEGEBART A BILL FOR An Act relating to bone marrow donation public awareness. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 1897XS (3) 88 pf/rh
S.F. 169 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 135.28 Bone marrow donation public 1 awareness. 2 1. The department, in cooperation with hospitals, primary 3 care providers, urgent care physicians, the Iowa marrow donor 4 program, and other entities with experience or expertise 5 in bone marrow donation or transplant, shall develop and 6 disseminate in printed and electronic form, and in any other 7 manner determined effective, information regarding bone marrow 8 donation in the state to increase public awareness. The 9 information developed and disseminated shall include but not be 10 limited to all of the following: 11 a. The need for bone marrow donations. 12 b. Patient populations that would benefit from bone marrow 13 donations. 14 c. How to join a bone marrow registry. 15 d. How to acquire a free buccal swab kit from a bone marrow 16 registry. 17 e. Leave of absence opportunities for an employee who 18 requests a leave of absence to serve as a bone marrow donor, 19 including the bone marrow and organ donation incentive program 20 opportunity for state employees pursuant to section 70A.39. 21 f. The facts and misconceptions about bone marrow donation. 22 2. The department shall update the information developed 23 and disseminated under this section as necessary to provide 24 current and accurate information to the public. 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 This bill requires the department of public health (DPH), in 29 cooperation with hospitals, primary care providers, urgent care 30 physicians, the Iowa marrow donor program, and other entities 31 with experience or expertise in bone marrow donation or 32 transplant, to develop and disseminate, in formats determined 33 effective, information regarding bone marrow donation in the 34 state to increase public awareness. The bill specifies the 35 -1- LSB 1897XS (3) 88 pf/rh 1/ 2
S.F. 169 minimum information to be developed and disseminated and 1 directs DPH to update the information as necessary to provide 2 current and accurate information to the public. 3 -2- LSB 1897XS (3) 88 pf/rh 2/ 2
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