House File 2003 HOUSE FILE BY MURPHY and HEDDENS Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the birth defects institute central registry 2 and making an appropriation and providing an effective date. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5044HH 80 5 pf/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. BIRTH DEFECTS INSTITUTE CENTRAL REGISTRY == 1 2 APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the general fund of 1 3 the state to the Iowa department of public health for the 1 4 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, 1 5 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for 1 6 the purpose designated: 1 7 To supplement the appropriation made in 2003 Iowa Acts, 1 8 chapter 175, to the Iowa department of public health for the 1 9 birth defects institute central registry created pursuant to 1 10 section 136A.6: 1 11 .................................................. $ 120,000 1 12 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 13 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 14 EXPLANATION 1 15 This bill makes a supplemental appropriation of $120,000 1 16 from the general fund of the state to the Iowa department of 1 17 public health for fiscal year 2003=2004 for the birth defects 1 18 institute central registry. Code section 144.13A, Code 1 19 Supplement 2003, establishes that the fees collected for the 1 20 registration of certificates of birth are to be deposited in 1 21 the general fund of the state and that it is the intent of the 1 22 general assembly that a specified portion of the fees 1 23 collected are to be appropriated and used for the birth 1 24 defects institute central registry. The amount specified in 1 25 Code section 144.13A for the registry is $5 of each fee 1 26 collected for the period beginning July 1, 2003, and ending 1 27 June 30, 2005, and $10 of each fee for the period beginning 1 28 July 1, 2005. The amount appropriated in this bill 1 29 approximates the annual number of births in the state times $5 1 30 in order to meet the intent of the general assembly as stated 1 31 in Code section 144.13A. 1 32 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 1 33 LSB 5044HH 80 1 34 pf/sh/8 1 35