House
File
573
H-1050
Amend
House
File
573
as
follows:
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1.
Page
1,
after
line
15
by
inserting:
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<
Sec.
___.
NEW
SECTION
.
135.26A
Ultrasound
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equipment
grant
program
——
fund.
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1.
The
department
shall
establish
and
implement
5
an
ultrasound
equipment
grant
program
which
provides
6
matching
funds
to
physicians
who
are
required
to
7
certify
information
relating
to
prerequisites
to
the
8
performance
of
an
abortion
pursuant
to
section
146A.1.
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A
physician
may
submit
an
application
to
the
department
10
for
review.
The
department
shall
establish
criteria
11
for
the
review
and
approval
of
grant
applications
by
12
rule,
and
may
accept
gifts,
grants,
bequests,
and
other
13
private
contributions,
as
well
as
state
or
federal
14
funds,
for
purposes
of
the
program.
The
amount
of
15
a
grant
shall
not
exceed
fifty
percent
of
the
cost
16
of
the
ultrasound
equipment
to
be
distributed
to
the
17
applicant.
Each
application
shall
include
information
18
demonstrating
that
the
applicant
will
provide
matching
19
funds
of
fifty
percent
of
the
cost
of
the
equipment.
20
Grant
recipients
shall
submit
an
annual
report
to
21
the
department
indicating
ultrasound
equipment
usage
22
levels.
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2.
An
ultrasound
equipment
grant
fund
is
24
established
in
the
state
treasury
under
the
authority
25
of
the
department.
The
grant
fund
shall
consist
of
26
moneys
appropriated
to
the
fund
and,
notwithstanding
27
section
8.33,
such
moneys
shall
not
revert
to
the
fund
28
from
which
appropriated
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
29
but
shall
remain
in
the
ultrasound
equipment
grant
30
fund.
Moneys
credited
to
the
fund
shall
be
used
as
31
specified
in
this
section.
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Sec.
___.
ULTRASOUND
EQUIPMENT
GRANT
PROGRAM
FUND
33
——
APPROPRIATION.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
34
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
public
35
health
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2015,
and
36
ending
June
30,
2016,
the
following
amount
or
so
much
37
thereof
as
is
necessary
for
the
purposes
designated:
38
For
deposit
in
the
ultrasound
equipment
grant
fund
39
established
pursuant
to
section
135.26A
to
be
used
for
40
the
purposes
specified
in
that
section:
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2.
Title
page,
line
2,
after
<
abortion
>
by
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inserting
<
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establishing
an
ultrasound
equipment
grant
44
program
and
fund,
and
providing
an
appropriation
>
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3.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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