Senate File 2111 - Enrolled

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  1  1                                             SENATE FILE 2111
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  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR BLOOD LEAD TESTING AND DENTAL
  1  5    SCREENING OF CHILDREN.
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  1  7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  9    Section 1.  Section 135.17, subsection 2, as enacted by
  1 10 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 146, section 1, is amended by striking
  1 11 the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
  1 12    2.  Each public and nonpublic school shall, in
  1 13 collaboration with the department, do the following:
  1 14    a.  Assure that the parent or guardian of a student
  1 15 enrolled in the school has complied with the requirements of
  1 16 subsection 1.
  1 17    b.  Provide, if a student has not had a dental screening
  1 18 performed in accordance with subsection 1, the parent or
  1 19 guardian of the student with community dental screening
  1 20 referral resources, including contact information for the
  1 21 i=smile coordinator, department, or dental society.
  1 22    Sec. 2.  Section 135.17, subsection 3, as enacted by 2007
  1 23 Iowa Acts, chapter 146, section 1, is amended by striking the
  1 24 subsection.
  1 25    Sec. 3.  Section 135.17, subsection 4, as enacted by 2007
  1 26 Iowa Acts, chapter 146, section 1, is amended to read as
  1 27 follows:
  1 28    4.  Each By June 30 annually, each local board shall
  1 29 furnish the department, within sixty days after the start of
  1 30 the school year, with evidence that each person enrolled in
  1 31 any public or nonpublic school within the local board's
  1 32 jurisdiction has met the dental screening requirement in this
  1 33 section.
  1 34    Sec. 4.  Section 135.105D, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
  1 35 Supplement 2007, is amended by striking the paragraph and
  2  1 inserting the following:
  2  2    b.  The board of directors of each school district and the
  2  3 authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall, in
  2  4 collaboration with the department, do the following:
  2  5    (1)  Assure that the parent or guardian of a student
  2  6 enrolled in the school has complied with the requirements of
  2  7 paragraph "a".
  2  8    (2)  Provide, if the parent or guardian cannot provide
  2  9 evidence that the child received a blood lead test in
  2 10 accordance with paragraph "a", the parent or guardian with
  2 11 community blood lead testing program information, including
  2 12 contact information for the department.
  2 13    Sec. 5.  Section 135.105D, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
  2 14 Supplement 2007, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  2 15    Sec. 6.  Section 135.105D, subsection 3, Code Supplement
  2 16 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  2 17    3.  The board of directors of each school district and the
  2 18 authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall furnish
  2 19 the department, in the format specified by the department,
  2 20 within sixty days after the first official day start of the
  2 21 school calendar, evidence that each child a list of the
  2 22 children enrolled in any elementary school has either been
  2 23 tested as required in subsection 2 or received a waiver under
  2 24 subsection 4 kindergarten.  The department shall notify the
  2 25 school districts and nonpublic schools of the children who
  2 26 have not met the blood lead testing requirements set forth in
  2 27 this section and shall work with the school districts,
  2 28 nonpublic schools, and the local childhood lead poisoning
  2 29 prevention programs to assure that these children are tested
  2 30 as required by this section.
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  2 33                                                             
  2 34                               JOHN P. KIBBIE
  2 35                               President of the Senate
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  3  3                                                             
  3  4                               PATRICK J. MURPHY
  3  5                               Speaker of the House
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  3  7    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  3  8 is known as Senate File 2111, Eighty=second General Assembly.
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  3 11                                                             
  3 12                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
  3 13                               Secretary of the Senate
  3 14 Approved                , 2008
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  3 18 CHESTER J. CULVER
  3 19 Governor