Senate File 2077 SENATE FILE BY DOTZLER, REDFERN, SENG, REHBERG, HORN, McCOY, BRUNKHORST, SHULL, GASKILL, PUTNEY, DVORSKY, STEWART, and RAGAN Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the funding of efforts to alleviate a public 2 health emergency or disaster. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5908XS 80 5 jr/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 135.144, Code Supplement 2003, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 11. If a public health disaster or other 1 4 public health emergency situation exists, the department, in 1 5 conjunction with the governor, may provide financial 1 6 assistance, from funds appropriated to the department that are 1 7 not otherwise encumbered, to political subdivisions as needed 1 8 to alleviate the disaster or the emergency. 1 9 EXPLANATION 1 10 This bill gives the department of public health discretion 1 11 to provide financial assistance to local governments in the 1 12 event of a public health emergency or disaster. 1 13 LSB 5908XS 80 1 14 jr/gg/14 1 15 1 16 1 17 1 18 1 19 1 20 1 21 1 22 1 23 1 24 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35