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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND. There is
1 2 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
1 3 department for the blind for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1 4 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amount, or so
1 5 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
1 6 designated:
1 7 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
1 8 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
1 9 positions:
1 10 .................................................. $ 1,690,993
1 11 ............................................... FTEs 106.50
1 12 Sec. 2. CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. There is appropriated
1 13 from the general fund of the state to the Iowa state civil
1 14 rights commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
1 15 and ending June 30, 2002, the following amount, or so much
1 16 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
1 17 designated:
1 18 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
1 19 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
1 20 positions:
1 21 .................................................. $ 1,082,743
1 22 ............................................... FTEs 38.05
1 23 If the anticipated amount of federal funding from the
1 24 federal equal employment opportunity commission and the
1 25 federal department of housing and urban development exceeds
1 26 $736,000 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, the
1 27 Iowa state civil rights commission may exceed the staffing
1 28 level authorized in this section to hire additional staff to
1 29 process or to support the processing of employment and housing
1 30 complaints during that fiscal year.
1 31 Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS. There is
1 32 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
1 33 department of elder affairs for the fiscal year beginning July
1 34 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amount, or so
1 35 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
2 1 designated:
2 2 1. For aging programs for the department of elder affairs
2 3 and area agencies on aging to provide citizens of Iowa who are
2 4 over 60 years of age with case management for the frail
2 5 elderly, Alzheimer's support, retired senior volunteer
2 6 program, resident advocate committee coordination, employment,
2 7 and other services which may include, but are not limited to,
2 8 mental health outreach, adult day care, respite care, chore
2 9 services, telephone reassurance, information and assistance,
2 10 and home repair services, including the winterizing of homes,
2 11 and for the construction of entrance ramps which make
2 12 residences accessible to the physically handicapped, and for
2 13 salaries, support, administration, maintenance, miscellaneous
2 14 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
2 15 equivalent positions with the department of elder affairs:
2 16 .................................................. $ 4,473,611
2 17 ............................................... FTEs 30.00
2 18 a. Funds appropriated in this subsection may be used to
2 19 supplement federal funds under federal regulations. To
2 20 receive funds appropriated in this subsection, a local area
2 21 agency on aging shall match the funds with moneys from other
2 22 sources according to rules adopted by the department. Funds
2 23 appropriated in this subsection may be used for elderly
2 24 services not specifically enumerated in this subsection only
2 25 if approved by an area agency on aging for provision of the
2 26 service within the area.
2 27 b. It is the intent of the general assembly that the Iowa
2 28 chapters of the Alzheimer's association and the case
2 29 management program for the frail elderly shall collaborate and
2 30 cooperate fully to assist families in maintaining family
2 31 members with Alzheimer's disease in the community for the
2 32 longest period of time possible.
2 33 c. The department shall maintain policies and procedures
2 34 regarding Alzheimer's support and the retired senior volunteer
2 35 program.
3 1 2. The department may grant an exception for a limited
3 2 period of time, determined by the department to be reasonable,
3 3 to allow for compliance by persons regulated by the department
3 4 or applicants for assisted living certification with any part
3 5 of chapter 104A relative to buildings in existence on July 1,
3 6 1998. The determination of the period of time allowed for
3 7 compliance shall be commensurate with the anticipated
3 8 magnitude of expenditure, disruption of services, and the
3 9 degree of hazard presented. The department shall also be
3 10 authorized to modify the accessibility requirements otherwise
3 11 applicable to such applicants for buildings in existence on
3 12 July 1, 1998, if the department determines that compliance
3 13 with the requirements would be unreasonable, but only if it is
3 14 determined that noncompliance with the requirements would not
3 15 present an unreasonable degree of danger.
3 16 Sec. 4. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL POLICY. There
3 17 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
3 18 governor's office of drug control policy for the fiscal year
3 19 beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the
3 20 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
3 21 used for the purpose designated:
3 22 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes
3 23 including statewide coordination of the drug abuse resistance
3 24 education (D.A.R.E.) program, and for not more than the
3 25 following full-time equivalent positions:
3 26 .................................................. $ 487,759
3 27 ............................................... FTEs 13.00
3 28 Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. There is
3 29 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the Iowa
3 30 department of public health for the fiscal year beginning July
3 31 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amounts, or
3 32 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
3 33 designated:
3 34 1. ADDICTIVE DISORDERS
3 35 For reducing the prevalence of use of tobacco, alcohol, and
4 1 other drugs, and treating individuals affected by addictive
4 2 behaviors, including gambling, and for not more than the
4 3 following full-time equivalent positions:
4 4 .................................................. $ 1,492,239
4 5 ............................................... FTEs 13.65
4 6 a. The department shall continue to coordinate with
4 7 substance abuse treatment and prevention providers regardless
4 8 of funding source to assure the delivery of substance abuse
4 9 treatment and prevention programs.
4 10 b. The commission on substance abuse, in conjunction with
4 11 the department, shall continue to coordinate the delivery of
4 12 substance abuse services involving prevention, social and
4 13 medical detoxification, and other treatment by medical and
4 14 nonmedical providers to uninsured and court-ordered substance
4 15 abuse patients in all counties of the state.
4 16 2. ADULT WELLNESS
4 17 For maintaining or improving the health status of adults,
4 18 with target populations between the ages of 18 through 60, and
4 19 for not more than the following full-time equivalent
4 20 positions:
4 21 .................................................. $ 567,197
4 22 ............................................... FTEs 21.99
4 23 3. CHILD AND ADOLESCENT WELLNESS
4 24 For promoting the optimum health status for children and
4 25 adolescents from birth through 21 years of age, and for not
4 26 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
4 27 .................................................. $ 1,256,538
4 28 ............................................... FTEs 48.53
4 29 4. CHRONIC CONDITIONS
4 30 For serving individuals identified as having chronic
4 31 conditions or special health care needs, and for not more than
4 32 the following full-time equivalent positions:
4 33 .................................................. $ 1,627,510
4 34 ............................................... FTEs 8.58
4 35 5. COMMUNITY CAPACITY
5 1 For strengthening the health care delivery system at the
5 2 local level, and for not more than the following full-time
5 3 equivalent positions:
5 4 .................................................. $ 1,464,710
5 5 ............................................... FTEs 23.70
5 6 6. ELDERLY WELLNESS
5 7 For optimizing the health of persons 60 years of age and
5 8 older, and for not more than the following full-time
5 9 equivalent positions:
5 10 .................................................. $ 10,602,737
5 11 ............................................... FTEs 0.80
5 12 7. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
5 13 For reducing the public's exposure to hazards in the
5 14 environment, primarily chemical hazards, and for not more than
5 15 the following full-time equivalent positions:
5 16 .................................................. $ 166,234
5 17 ............................................... FTEs 8.00
5 18 8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES
5 19 For reducing the incidence and prevalence of communicable
5 20 diseases, and for not more than the following full-time
5 21 equivalent positions:
5 22 .................................................. $ 1,209,818
5 23 ............................................... FTEs 34.30
5 24 9. INJURIES
5 25 For providing support and protection to victims of abuse or
5 26 injury, or programs that are designed to prevent abuse or
5 27 injury, and for not more than the following full-time
5 28 equivalent positions:
5 29 .................................................. $ 1,653,331
5 30 ............................................... FTEs 7.95
5 31 10. PUBLIC PROTECTION
5 32 For protecting the health and safety of the public through
5 33 establishing standards and enforcing regulations, and for not
5 34 more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
5 35 .................................................. $ 6,923,647
6 1 ............................................... FTEs 136.77
6 2 a. The department may expend funds received from licensing
6 3 fees in addition to amounts appropriated in this subsection,
6 4 if those additional expenditures are directly the result of a
6 5 scope of practice review committee or unanticipated litigation
6 6 costs arising from the discharge of an examining board's
6 7 regulatory duties. Before the department expends or encumbers
6 8 funds for a scope of practice review committee or an amount in
6 9 excess of the funds budgeted for an examining board, the
6 10 director of the department of management shall approve the
6 11 expenditure or encumbrance. The amounts necessary to fund any
6 12 unanticipated litigation or scope of practice review committee
6 13 expense in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, shall not
6 14 exceed 5 percent of the average annual fees generated by the
6 15 boards for the previous two fiscal years.
6 16 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, the
6 17 department shall retain fees collected from the certification
6 18 of lead inspectors and lead abaters pursuant to section
6 19 135.105A to support the certification program; and shall
6 20 retain fees collected from the licensing, registration,
6 21 authorization, accreditation, and inspection of x-ray machines
6 22 used for mammographically guided breast biopsy, screening, and
6 23 diagnostic mammography, pursuant to section 136C.10 to support
6 24 the administration of the chapter. The department may also
6 25 retain fees collected pursuant to section 136C.10 on all
6 26 shippers of radioactive material waste containers transported
6 27 across Iowa if the department does not obtain funding to
6 28 support the oversight and regulation of this activity, and for
6 29 x-ray radiology examination fees collected by the department
6 30 and reimbursed to a private organization conducting the
6 31 examination. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, the
6 32 department shall also retain any new or increased fees
6 33 implemented by the department pursuant to legislation enacted
6 34 by the general assembly in 2001 for activities not otherwise
6 35 funded by amounts appropriated in this section. Fees retained
7 1 by the department pursuant to this lettered paragraph are
7 2 appropriated to the department for the purposes specified in
7 3 this lettered paragraph.
7 4 c. The department may retain and expend not more than
7 5 $263,458 for lease and maintenance expenses for the relocation
7 6 of licensure boards from the executive hills state office
7 7 building from fees collected pursuant to section 147.80 by the
7 8 board of dental examiners, the board of pharmacy examiners,
7 9 the board of medical examiners, and the board of nursing
7 10 examiners in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and
7 11 ending June 30, 2002. Fees retained by the department
7 12 pursuant to this lettered paragraph are appropriated to the
7 13 department for the purposes described in this lettered
7 14 paragraph.
7 15 d. The department may retain and expend not more than
7 16 $100,000 for reduction of the number of days necessary to
7 17 process medical license requests and for reduction of the
7 18 number of days needed for consideration of malpractice cases
7 19 from fees collected pursuant to section 147.80 by the board of
7 20 medical examiners in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
7 21 and ending June 30, 2002. Fees retained by the department
7 22 pursuant to this lettered paragraph are appropriated to the
7 23 department for the purposes described in this lettered
7 24 paragraph.
7 25 e. If a person in the course of responding to an emergency
7 26 renders aid to an injured person and becomes exposed to bodily
7 27 fluids of the injured person, that emergency responder shall
7 28 be entitled to hepatitis testing and immunization in
7 29 accordance with the latest available medical technology to
7 30 determine if infection with hepatitis has occurred. The
7 31 person shall be entitled to reimbursement from the EMS funds
7 32 available under this subsection only if the reimbursement is
7 33 not available through any employer or third-party payor.
7 34 f. The board of dental examiners may retain and expend not
7 35 more than $98,740 from revenues generated pursuant to section
8 1 147.80. Fees retained by the board pursuant to this lettered
8 2 paragraph are appropriated to the department to be used for
8 3 the purposes of regulating dental assistants.
8 4 g. The state board of medical examiners, the state board
8 5 of pharmacy examiners, the state board of dental examiners,
8 6 and the state board of nursing examiners shall prepare
8 7 estimates of projected receipts to be generated by the
8 8 licensing, certification, and examination fees of each board
8 9 as well as a projection of the fairly apportioned
8 10 administrative costs and rental expenses attributable to each
8 11 board. Each board shall annually review and adjust its
8 12 schedule of fees so that, as nearly as possible, projected
8 13 receipts equal projected costs.
8 14 h. The state board of medical examiners, the state board
8 15 of pharmacy examiners, the state board of dental examiners,
8 16 and the state board of nursing examiners shall retain their
8 17 individual executive officers, but are strongly encouraged to
8 18 share administrative, clerical, and investigative staffs to
8 19 the greatest extent possible.
8 20 i. For the period ending June 30, 2002, the state board of
8 21 medical examiners, the state board of pharmacy examiners, the
8 22 state board of dental examiners, and the state board of
8 23 podiatry examiners shall not sanction or otherwise take any
8 24 action against licensees who use an automatic dispensing
8 25 system for prescription drugs in the absence of a pharmacist
8 26 or practitioner that would otherwise be in violation of
8 27 section 147.107, subsection 2, and section 155A.33, provided
8 28 both of the following conditions are met:
8 29 (1) The licensee utilizes an internal quality control
8 30 assurance plan that ensures accuracy in dispensing.
8 31 (2) The licensee remains responsible for the verification
8 32 and accuracy of the automated dispensing system in accordance
8 33 with the standards adopted by the licensee's examining board.
8 34 It is the intent of the general assembly that the board of
8 35 medical examiners, the board of pharmacy examiners, the board
9 1 of dental examiners, and the board of podiatry examiners shall
9 2 meet to identify a statutory resolution of the issues raised
9 3 by the use of automated dispensing systems for prescription
9 4 drugs and submit their findings and legislative
9 5 recommendations to the governor and general assembly by
9 6 December 1, 2001.
9 7 11. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
9 8 For establishing and sustaining the overall ability of the
9 9 department to deliver services to the public, and for not more
9 10 than the following full-time equivalent positions:
9 11 .................................................. $ 1,260,179
9 12 ............................................... FTEs 59.33
9 13 12. The state university of Iowa hospitals and clinics
9 14 under the control of the state board of regents shall not
9 15 receive indirect costs from the funds appropriated in this
9 16 section.
9 17 13. A local health care provider or nonprofit health care
9 18 organization seeking grant moneys administered by the Iowa
9 19 department of public health shall provide documentation that
9 20 the provider or organization has coordinated its services with
9 21 other local entities providing similar services.
9 22 14. a. The department shall apply for available federal
9 23 funds for sexual abstinence education programs in accordance
9 24 with the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
9 25 Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-193, } 912.
9 26 b. It is the intent of the general assembly to comply with
9 27 the United States Congress' intent to provide education that
9 28 promotes abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage
9 29 and reduces pregnancies, by focusing efforts on those persons
9 30 most likely to father and bear children out of wedlock.
9 31 c. Any sexual abstinence education program awarded moneys
9 32 under the grant program shall meet the definition of
9 33 abstinence education in the federal law. Grantees shall be
9 34 evaluated based upon the extent to which the abstinence
9 35 program successfully communicates the goals set forth in the
10 1 federal law.
10 2 Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. There is appropriated
10 3 from the general fund of the state to the department of human
10 4 rights for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending
10 5 June 30, 2002, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
10 6 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
10 7 1. CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
10 8 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
10 9 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
10 10 positions:
10 11 .................................................. $ 277,345
10 12 ............................................... FTEs 7.00
10 13 2. DEAF SERVICES DIVISION
10 14 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
10 15 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
10 16 positions:
10 17 .................................................. $ 350,211
10 18 ............................................... FTEs 7.00
10 19 The fees collected by the division for provision of
10 20 interpretation services by the division to obligated agencies
10 21 shall be disbursed pursuant to the provisions of section 8.32,
10 22 and shall be dedicated and used by the division for continued
10 23 and expanded interpretation services.
10 24 3. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES DIVISION
10 25 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
10 26 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
10 27 positions:
10 28 .................................................. $ 192,587
10 29 ............................................... FTEs 3.50
10 30 4. LATINO AFFAIRS DIVISION
10 31 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
10 32 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
10 33 positions:
10 34 .................................................. $ 172,528
10 35 ............................................... FTEs 3.00
11 1 5. STATUS OF WOMEN DIVISION
11 2 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
11 3 including the Iowans in transition program, and the domestic
11 4 violence and sexual assault-related grants, and for not more
11 5 than the following full-time equivalent positions:
11 6 .................................................. $ 400,996
11 7 ............................................... FTEs 3.00
11 8 6. STATUS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS DIVISION
11 9 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
11 10 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
11 11 positions:
11 12 .................................................. $ 137,714
11 13 ............................................... FTEs 2.00
11 14 7. CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE PLANNING DIVISION
11 15 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
11 16 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
11 17 positions:
11 18 .................................................. $ 412,481
11 19 ............................................... FTEs 9.20
11 20 The criminal and juvenile justice planning advisory council
11 21 and the juvenile justice advisory council shall coordinate
11 22 their efforts in carrying out their respective duties relative
11 23 to juvenile justice.
11 24 It is the intent of the general assembly that the
11 25 department of human rights employ sufficient staff to meet the
11 26 federal funding match requirements established by the federal
11 27 office for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention. The
11 28 governor's advisory council on juvenile justice shall
11 29 determine the staffing level necessary to carry out federal
11 30 and state mandates for juvenile justice.
11 31 8. COMMUNITY GRANT FUND
11 32 For the community grant fund established in section
11 33 232.190, to be used for the purposes of the community grant
11 34 fund and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
11 35 positions:
12 1 .................................................. $ 425,000
12 2 ............................................... FTEs 1.44
12 3 9. SHARED STAFF. The divisions of the department of human
12 4 rights shall retain their individual administrators, but shall
12 5 share staff to the greatest extent possible.
12 6 Sec. 7. COMMISSION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. There is
12 7 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
12 8 commission of veterans affairs for the fiscal year beginning
12 9 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amounts,
12 10 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
12 11 purposes designated:
12 12 1. COMMISSION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION
12 13 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
12 14 including the war orphan educational fund established pursuant
12 15 to chapter 35, and for not more than the following full-time
12 16 equivalent positions:
12 17 .................................................. $ 283,190
12 18 ............................................... FTEs 5.00
12 19 The commission of veterans affairs may use the gifts
12 20 accepted by the chairperson of the commission of veterans
12 21 affairs, or designee, and other resources available to the
12 22 commission for use at its Camp Dodge office. The commission
12 23 shall report annually to the governor and the general assembly
12 24 on monetary gifts received by the commission for the Camp
12 25 Dodge office.
12 26 2. IOWA VETERANS HOME
12 27 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
12 28 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
12 29 positions:
12 30 .................................................. $ 45,388,702
12 31 ............................................... FTEs 889.84
12 32 a. The Iowa veterans home may use the gifts accepted by
12 33 the chairperson of the commission of veterans affairs and
12 34 other resources available to the commission for use at the
12 35 Iowa veterans home.
13 1 b. If medical assistance revenues are expanded at the Iowa
13 2 veterans home, and this expansion results in medical
13 3 assistance reimbursements which exceed the amount budgeted for
13 4 that purpose in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and
13 5 ending June 30, 2002, the Iowa veterans home may expend the
13 6 excess amounts to exceed the number of full-time equivalent
13 7 positions authorized for the purpose of meeting related
13 8 certification requirements or to provide additional beds. The
13 9 expenditure of additional funds received, as outlined in this
13 10 paragraph, is subject to the approval by the department of
13 11 management. The amount approved by the department of
13 12 management for expenditure shall be considered repayment
13 13 receipts.
13 14 c. Any Iowa veterans home successor contractor shall not
13 15 consider employees of a state institution or facility to be
13 16 new employees for purposes of employee wages, health
13 17 insurance, or retirement benefits.
13 18 d. The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
13 19 appropriations subcommittee on health and human rights shall
13 20 be notified by January 15 of any calendar year during which a
13 21 request for proposals is anticipated to be issued regarding
13 22 any Iowa veterans home contract involving employment, for
13 23 purposes of providing legislative review and oversight.
13 24 e. The Iowa veterans home may retain reimbursements for
13 25 medication costs obtained from the federal department of
13 26 veterans affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
13 27 and ending June 30, 2002, in an amount sufficient for the
13 28 payment of new and increased pharmaceutical costs and lease
13 29 payments on a unit dose machine. Moneys retained pursuant to
13 30 this paragraph are appropriated to the Iowa veterans home to
13 31 be used for the purposes of this paragraph.
13 32 Sec. 8. GAMBLING TREATMENT FUND – APPROPRIATION.
13 33 1. There is appropriated from funds available in the
13 34 gambling treatment fund established in the office of the
13 35 treasurer of state pursuant to section 99E.10 to the Iowa
14 1 department of public health for the fiscal year beginning July
14 2 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amounts, or
14 3 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
14 4 designated:
14 5 a. Addictive disorders
14 6 To be utilized for the benefit of persons with addictions:
14 7 .................................................. $ 1,690,000
14 8 b. For transfer to the commission of veterans affairs to
14 9 be utilized for the benefit of the Iowa veterans home:
14 10 .................................................. $ 371,488
14 11 c. Gambling treatment program
14 12 The funds remaining in the gambling treatment fund after
14 13 the appropriations in paragraphs "a" and "b" are made, up to
14 14 the following amount, for funding of administrative costs and
14 15 to provide programs which may include, but are not limited to,
14 16 outpatient and follow-up treatment for persons affected by
14 17 problem gambling, rehabilitation and residential treatment
14 18 programs, information and referral services, education and
14 19 preventive services, and financial management services:
14 20 .................................................. $ 1,692,000
14 21 2. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending
14 22 June 30, 2002, from the tax revenue received by the state
14 23 racing and gaming commission pursuant to section 99D.15,
14 24 subsections 1, 3, and 4, an amount equal to three-tenths of
14 25 one percent of the gross sum wagered by the pari-mutuel method
14 26 is to be deposited into the gambling treatment fund.
14 27 Sec. 9. VITAL RECORDS. The vital records modernization
14 28 project as enacted in 1993 Iowa Acts, chapter 55, section 1,
14 29 as amended by 1994 Iowa Acts, chapter 1068, section 8, as
14 30 amended by 1997 Iowa Acts, chapter 203, section 9, 1998 Iowa
14 31 Acts, chapter 1221, section 9, and 1999 Iowa Acts, chapter
14 32 201, section 17, and as continued by 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter
14 33 1222, section 10, shall be extended until June 30, 2002, and
14 34 the increased fees to be collected pursuant to that project
14 35 shall continue to be collected and are appropriated to the
15 1 Iowa department of public health until June 30, 2002.
15 2 Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. Section 5,
15 3 subsection 10, paragraph "i", of this Act relating to the
15 4 automatic dispensing system for prescription drugs, being
15 5 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
15 6 EXPLANATION
15 7 This bill makes appropriations for the 2001-2002 fiscal
15 8 year to the department for the blind, the Iowa state civil
15 9 rights commission, the state commission of veterans affairs,
15 10 the governor's office of drug control policy, and the
15 11 departments of elder affairs, public health, and human rights.
15 12 The bill includes authority for the Iowa department of
15 13 public health to retain and fees as necessary, to reduce the
15 14 number of days necessary to process medical license requests
15 15 and to consider malpractice cases. These fees are collected
15 16 pursuant to Code section 147.80 by the board of medical
15 17 examiners in fiscal years beginning July 1, 2000, and ending
15 18 June 30, 2001.
15 19 The bill also provides that for the fiscal year beginning
15 20 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, certain funds
15 21 available in the gambling treatment fund established in the
15 22 office of the treasurer of state pursuant to Code section
15 23 99E.10 are appropriated to the Iowa department of public
15 24 health and to the commission of veterans affairs for the Iowa
15 25 veterans home.
15 26 The bill extends the vital records modernization project to
15 27 June 30, 2002.
15 28 The bill provides that for the period ending June 30, 2002,
15 29 the state board of medical examiners, the state board of
15 30 pharmacy examiners, the state board of dental examiners, and
15 31 the state board of podiatry examiners shall not sanction or
15 32 otherwise take any action against licensees who use an
15 33 automatic dispensing system for prescription drugs in the
15 34 absence of a pharmacist or practitioner. This provision takes
15 35 effect upon enactment.
16 1 LSB 1105JA 79
16 2 rh/pj/5.5
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