House File 573 H-1050 Amend House File 573 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, after line 15 by inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 135.26A Ultrasound 3 equipment grant program —— fund. 4 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. 9 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. 23 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. 32 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: 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50,000 > 42 2. Title page, line 2, after < abortion > by 43 inserting < , establishing an ultrasound equipment grant 44 program and fund, and providing an appropriation > 45 3. By renumbering as necessary. 46 ______________________________ WESSEL-KROESCHELL of Story -1- HF573.804 (5) 86 pf/nh 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3.