House Amendment 1072
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 287 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting
1 3 clause and inserting the following:
1 4 <Section 1. POSTNATAL TISSUE AND FLUID BANKING
1 5 TASK FORCE.
1 6 1. The department of public health shall convene a
1 7 task force on postnatal tissue and fluid banking and
1 8 related postnatal procedures. The task force shall
1 9 consist of the following members, selected by the
1 10 institution or association specified or, if not
1 11 specified, selected by the director of public health:
1 12 a. The director of public health, or the
1 13 director's designee.
1 14 b. A representative of each of the public and
1 15 private colleges or universities in the state that
1 16 have interest in postnatal tissue and fluid for the
1 17 purposes of research or medical treatment.
1 18 c. A representative of the Iowa hospital
1 19 association.
1 20 d. A representative of the Iowa medical society.
1 21 e. A physician representing a birthing hospital.
1 22 f. A prenatal healthcare provider.
1 23 g. A representative of the Iowa midwives
1 24 association.
1 25 h. A representative of the postnatal tissue and
1 26 fluid research community.
1 27 i. A representative of recipients of postnatal
1 28 tissue and fluid transplants.
1 29 j. A representative of a postnatal tissue and
1 30 fluid transplant center.
1 31 k. A representative of a postnatal tissue and
1 32 fluid bank.
1 33 l. An attorney with expertise in public health or
1 34 biotechnology law, selected by the Iowa state bar
1 35 association.
1 36 2. Members of the task force shall receive actual
1 37 expenses incurred while serving in their official
1 38 capacity and may also be eligible to receive
1 39 compensation as provided in section 7E.6.
1 40 3. The director of public health, or the
1 41 director's designee, shall act as chairperson of the
1 42 task force. A majority of the members of the task
1 43 force shall constitute a quorum.
1 44 4. The task force shall investigate the optimum
1 45 method by which to establish a network of postnatal
1 46 tissue and fluid banks in partnership with public and
1 47 private colleges or universities, public and private
1 48 hospitals, or nonprofit organizations and private
1 49 organizations in the state to collect and store
1 50 postnatal tissue and fluid for the purposes of
2 1 scientific research and medical treatment. The
2 2 investigation shall address and make recommendations
2 3 regarding all of the following:
2 4 a. Regulatory requirements for public and private
2 5 postnatal tissue and fluid banks in the state,
2 6 including regulations or protocols to govern donations
2 7 to the bank and the release and use of banked
2 8 postnatal tissue or fluid.
2 9 b. The development of a statewide network of
2 10 postnatal tissue and fluid banks and birthing hospital
2 11 collection sites in a manner that provides for
2 12 geographic distribution throughout the state.
2 13 c. The development of a statewide postnatal tissue
2 14 and fluid registry to identify, acquire, and
2 15 distribute donated postnatal tissue and fluid to
2 16 suitably matched candidates including documentation of
2 17 the collection, storage, distribution, and
2 18 transplantation of the postnatal tissue and fluid and
2 19 the clinical outcomes of all transplantations related
2 20 to the network.
2 21 d. Any incentives for donation to public postnatal
2 22 tissue and fluid banks.
2 23 e. Public awareness and encouragement of donation
2 24 or private storage of postnatal tissue and fluid by
2 25 providing information including but not limited to all
2 26 of the following:
2 27 (1) The current and potential future medical uses
2 28 of postnatal tissue and fluid.
2 29 (2) The benefits and risks associated with
2 30 postnatal tissue and fluid banking.
2 31 (3) Medical or family history criteria that may
2 32 impact a family's consideration of postnatal tissue
2 33 and fluid banking.
2 34 (4) An explanation of the differences between
2 35 private and public banking.
2 36 (5) Medically accepted uses and benefits of
2 37 postnatal tissue and fluid collection and
2 38 transplantation.
2 39 (6) The costs associated with donation and
2 40 storage, and an explanation of the storage,
2 41 maintenance, and viability for transplantation of
2 42 postnatal tissue and fluid.
2 43 f. Participation in the public cord blood bank
2 44 network established pursuant to the federal Stem Cell
2 45 Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, Pub. L. No.
2 46 109=129, or other national or international networks.
2 47 g. Any changes in law or rules necessary to
2 48 implement a postnatal tissue and fluid banking network
2 49 in the state to provide for scientific research and
2 50 medical treatment.
3 1 h. Consent and privacy protections related to
3 2 donation or private banking of postnatal tissue and
3 3 fluid.
3 4 i. Any fee structure to be associated with
3 5 participation in the postnatal tissue and fluid bank
3 6 network.
3 7 j. The costs associated with the operation and
3 8 maintenance of a public postnatal tissue and fluid
3 9 bank network, including the need for public funding.
3 10 5. In addition to postnatal tissue and fluid
3 11 banking the task force shall review the issue of the
3 12 retention, use, and disposition of neonatal metabolic
3 13 screening specimens, including but not limited to the
3 14 length of time the specimens are retained and specimen
3 15 research use.
3 16 6. The task force shall report its findings and
3 17 recommendations, along with any proposed legislation,
3 18 to the general assembly by November 1, 2007.
3 19 7. For the purposes of this section, "postnatal
3 20 tissue and fluid" means the placenta, umbilical cord,
3 21 umbilical cord blood, and amniotic fluid expelled or
3 22 extracted in connection with the birth of a child.
3 23 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from
3 24 the general fund of the state to the department of
3 25 public health for the period beginning on the
3 26 effective date of this Act, and ending January 1,
3 27 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
3 28 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
3 29 For the task force on postnatal tissue and fluid
3 30 banking:
3 31 .................................................. $ 20,000
3 32 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. The sections of this Act
3 33 relating to the postnatal tissue and fluid banking
3 34 task force and the appropriation for the task force,
3 35 being deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon
3 36 enactment.>
3 37 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
3 38 inserting the following: <An Act relating to the
3 39 creation of a task force on postnatal tissue and fluid
3 40 banking and other postnatal procedures, providing an
3 41 appropriation, and providing an effective date.>
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3 45 ROBERTS of Carroll
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3 49 DOLECHECK of Ringgold
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4 19 DE BOEF of Keokuk
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4 23 LUKAN of Dubuque
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4 27 HEATON of Henry
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5 1 FORRISTALL of Pottawattamie
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5 5 WIENCEK of Black Hawk
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5 17 VAN FOSSEN of Scott
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5 33 ANDERSON of Page
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5 41 DRAKE of Pottawattamie
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5 45 GIPP of Winneshiek
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5 49 GRANZOW of Hardin
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6 3 GREINER of Washington
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6 7 HOFFMAN of Crawford
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6 23 WATTS of Dallas
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6 27 CLUTE of Polk
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6 31 L. MILLER of Scott
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6 35 RANTS of Woodbury
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6 39 TJEPKES of Webster
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6 43 TYMESON of Madison
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7 1 WORTHAN of Buena Vista
7 2 HF 287.205 82
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