House File 2665 H-8251 Amend House File 2665 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. IOWA CANCER SURVEILLANCE DATA —— FOCUSED REVIEW 4 —— REPORT —— APPROPRIATION. 5 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 6 to the department of health and human services for the fiscal 7 year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the 8 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be 9 used for the purposes designated: 10 To perform a focused review of Iowa cancer surveillance 11 data: 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 860,000 13 2. The department of health and human services shall 14 collaborate with the Iowa cancer consortium to perform a 15 focused review of the cancer incidence data collected in the 16 state health registry of Iowa/Iowa cancer registry and the 17 2023-2027 Iowa cancer plan to investigate the causality of 18 the increased incidence of cancer in Iowa and to recommend 19 strategies and specific action steps, including policy 20 changes, to guide cancer control activities. The department 21 of health and human services shall use a portion of the 22 moneys appropriated to employ one full-time equivalent 23 position dedicated to the Iowa cancer control program. The 24 department of health and human services shall also utilize a 25 portion of the moneys appropriated, as necessary, to employ 26 or engage staff with expertise in the areas of epidemiology, 27 biostatistics, and other appropriate specialty areas to perform 28 the review and develop the recommendations. The department of 29 health and human services shall submit a report of the findings 30 and recommendations resulting from the focused review to the 31 general assembly by September 1, 2025. > 32 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 4 and 33 inserting < An Act relating to a focused review of Iowa cancer 34 surveillance data, and making appropriations. > 35 -1- HF 2665.3895 (1) 90 lh/js 1/ 2 #1.
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