House File 307

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  GREINER


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to screening of newborns and infants for
  2    retinoblastoma.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2268HH 80
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135.11, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  30.  Adopt rules, with assistance provided
  1  4 by the board of medical examiners, to require that
  1  5 pediatricians provide screening for retinoblastoma during
  1  6 well=baby visits at times specified by rule.
  1  7    Sec 2.  Section 136A.5, Code 2003, is amended to read as
  1  8 follows:
  1  9    136A.5  RULES, REGULATIONS, AND STANDARDS.
  1 10    1.  The birth defects institute, with assistance provided
  1 11 by the Iowa department of public health, shall adopt rules
  1 12 pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this chapter.
  1 13    2.  The birth defects institute, with assistance provided
  1 14 by the Iowa department of public health, shall adopt rules
  1 15 pursuant to chapter 17A to require that the Iowa neonatal
  1 16 screening program include screening for retinoblastoma.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill relates to screening of newborns and children for
  1 19 retinoblastoma.  Retinoblastoma is a cancer of the eye in
  1 20 which tumors form in the retina.  The bill directs the Iowa
  1 21 department of public health to adopt rules, with assistance
  1 22 provided by the board of medical examiners, to require that
  1 23 pediatricians provide screening for retinoblastoma during
  1 24 well=baby visits at times specified by rule.  The bill also
  1 25 directs the birth defects institute, with assistance provided
  1 26 by the Iowa department of public health, to adopt rules
  1 27 pursuant to Code chapter 17A to require that the Iowa neonatal
  1 28 screening program include screening for retinoblastoma.
  1 29 LSB 2268HH 80
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