House Amendment 1074


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 162, as passed by the Senate, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
     1  4 clause and inserting the following:
     1  5    <Section 1.  POSTNATAL TISSUE AND FLUID BANKING
     1  6 TASK FORCE.
     1  7    1.  The department of public health shall convene a
     1  8 task force on postnatal tissue and fluid banking and
     1  9 related postnatal procedures.  The task force shall
     1 10 consist of the following members, selected by the
     1 11 institution or association specified or, if not
     1 12 specified, selected by the director of public health:
     1 13    a.  The director of public health, or the
     1 14 director's designee.
     1 15    b.  A representative of each of the public and
     1 16 private colleges or universities in the state that
     1 17 have interest in postnatal tissue and fluid for the
     1 18 purposes of research or medical treatment.
     1 19    c.  A representative of the Iowa hospital
     1 20 association.
     1 21    d.  A representative of the Iowa medical society.
     1 22    e.  A physician representing a birthing hospital.
     1 23    f.  A prenatal healthcare provider.
     1 24    g.  A representative of the Iowa midwives
     1 25 association.
     1 26    h.  A representative of the postnatal tissue and
     1 27 fluid research community.
     1 28    i.  A representative of recipients of postnatal
     1 29 tissue and fluid transplants.
     1 30    j.  A representative of a postnatal tissue and
     1 31 fluid transplant center.
     1 32    k.  A representative of a postnatal tissue and
     1 33 fluid bank.
     1 34    l.  An attorney with expertise in public health or
     1 35 biotechnology law, selected by the Iowa state bar
     1 36 association.
     1 37    2.  Members of the task force shall receive actual
     1 38 expenses incurred while serving in their official
     1 39 capacity and may also be eligible to receive
     1 40 compensation as provided in section 7E.6.
     1 41    3.  The director of public health, or the
     1 42 director's designee, shall act as chairperson of the
     1 43 task force.  A majority of the members of the task
     1 44 force shall constitute a quorum.
     1 45    4.  The task force shall investigate the optimum
     1 46 method by which to establish a network of postnatal
     1 47 tissue and fluid banks in partnership with public and
     1 48 private colleges or universities, public and private
     1 49 hospitals, or nonprofit organizations and private
     1 50 organizations in the state to collect and store
     2  1 postnatal tissue and fluid for the purposes of
     2  2 scientific research and medical treatment.  The
     2  3 investigation shall address and make recommendations
     2  4 regarding all of the following:
     2  5    a.  Regulatory requirements for public and private
     2  6 postnatal tissue and fluid banks in the state,
     2  7 including regulations or protocols to govern donations
     2  8 to the bank and the release and use of banked
     2  9 postnatal tissue or fluid.
     2 10    b.  The development of a statewide network of
     2 11 postnatal tissue and fluid banks and birthing hospital
     2 12 collection sites in a manner that provides for
     2 13 geographic distribution throughout the state.
     2 14    c.  The development of a statewide postnatal tissue
     2 15 and fluid registry to identify, acquire, and
     2 16 distribute donated postnatal tissue and fluid to
     2 17 suitably matched candidates including documentation of
     2 18 the collection, storage, distribution, and
     2 19 transplantation of the postnatal tissue and fluid and
     2 20 the clinical outcomes of all transplantations related
     2 21 to the network.
     2 22    d.  Any incentives for donation to public postnatal
     2 23 tissue and fluid banks.
     2 24    e.  Public awareness and encouragement of donation
     2 25 or private storage of postnatal tissue and fluid by
     2 26 providing information including but not limited to all
     2 27 of the following:
     2 28    (1)  The current and potential future medical uses
     2 29 of postnatal tissue and fluid.
     2 30    (2)  The benefits and risks associated with
     2 31 postnatal tissue and fluid banking.
     2 32    (3)  Medical or family history criteria that may
     2 33 impact a family's consideration of postnatal tissue
     2 34 and fluid banking.
     2 35    (4)  An explanation of the differences between
     2 36 private and public banking.
     2 37    (5)  Medically accepted uses and benefits of
     2 38 postnatal tissue and fluid collection and
     2 39 transplantation.
     2 40    (6)  The costs associated with donation and
     2 41 storage, and an explanation of the storage,
     2 42 maintenance, and viability for transplantation of
     2 43 postnatal tissue and fluid.
     2 44    f.  Participation in the public cord blood bank
     2 45 network established pursuant to the federal Stem Cell
     2 46 Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, Pub. L. No.
     2 47 109=129, or other national or international networks.
     2 48    g.  Any changes in law or rules necessary to
     2 49 implement a postnatal tissue and fluid banking network
     2 50 in the state to provide for scientific research and
     3  1 medical treatment.
     3  2    h.  Consent and privacy protections related to
     3  3 donation or private banking of postnatal tissue and
     3  4 fluid.
     3  5    i.  Any fee structure to be associated with
     3  6 participation in the postnatal tissue and fluid bank
     3  7 network.
     3  8    j.  The costs associated with the operation and
     3  9 maintenance of a public postnatal tissue and fluid
     3 10 bank network, including the need for public funding.
     3 11    5.  In addition to postnatal tissue and fluid
     3 12 banking the task force shall review the issue of the
     3 13 retention, use, and disposition of neonatal metabolic
     3 14 screening specimens, including but not limited to the
     3 15 length of time the specimens are retained and specimen
     3 16 research use.
     3 17    6.  The task force shall report its findings and
     3 18 recommendations, along with any proposed legislation,
     3 19 to the general assembly by November 1, 2007.
     3 20    7.  For the purposes of this section, "postnatal
     3 21 tissue and fluid" means the placenta, umbilical cord,
     3 22 umbilical cord blood, and amniotic fluid expelled or
     3 23 extracted in connection with the birth of a child.
     3 24    Sec. 2.  APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from
     3 25 the general fund of the state to the department of
     3 26 public health for the period beginning on the
     3 27 effective date of this Act, and ending January 1,
     3 28 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
     3 29 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
     3 30    For the task force on postnatal tissue and fluid
     3 31 banking:
     3 32 .................................................. $     20,000
     3 33    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The sections of this Act
     3 34 relating to the postnatal tissue and fluid banking
     3 35 task force and the appropriation for the task force,
     3 36 being deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon
     3 37 enactment.>
     3 38 #2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
     3 39 inserting the following:  <An Act relating to the
     3 40 creation of a task force on postnatal tissue and fluid
     3 41 banking and other postnatal procedures, providing an
     3 42 appropriation, and providing an effective date.>
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     3 50 DOLECHECK of Ringgold
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     5 50 GIPP of Winneshiek
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     6 36 CLUTE of Polk
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     7 14 VAN ENGELENHOVEN of Marion
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