Bill Text: IA SF2172 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to immunization information requested on an infant certificate of death form. (See SF 2302.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2302. S.J. 339. [SF2172 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF2172-Introduced.html
Senate File 2172 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2172 BY GUTH , JOHNSON , CARLIN , and SCHULTZ A BILL FOR An Act relating to immunization information requested on an 1 infant certificate of death form. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5536XS (4) 88 pf/rh
S.F. 2172 Section 1. INFANT CERTIFICATE OF DEATH FORM —— INFORMATION 1 REGARDING IMMUNIZATIONS. 2 1. The certificate of death form for medical examiner 3 cases for infants zero to three years of age shall include 4 a request for information regarding the date and type of the 5 decedent’s last immunization. If the decedent received more 6 than one immunization at the time of the last immunization, the 7 information provided shall include all types of immunizations 8 received. 9 2. The department of public health shall adopt rules 10 pursuant to chapter 17A to amend the certificate of death form 11 for medical examiner cases for infants zero to three years of 12 age to comply with this section. 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 that a certificate of death form for 17 medical examiner cases for infants zero to three years of age 18 shall include a request for information regarding the date and 19 type of the decedent’s last immunization. If the decedent 20 received more than one immunization at the time of the last 21 immunization, the information provided shall include all types 22 of immunizations received. The bill requires the department 23 of public health to adopt administrative rules to amend the 24 certificate of death form for medical examiner cases for 25 infants zero to three years of age to comply with the bill. 26 -1- LSB 5536XS (4) 88 pf/rh 1/ 1
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