House File 337 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY PETERSEN Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the creation of a task force on postnatal 2 tissue and fluid banking, providing an appropriation, and 3 providing an effective date. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1705YH 82 6 pf/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. POSTNATAL TISSUE AND FLUID BANKING TASK FORCE. 1 2 1. The Iowa department of public health shall convene a 1 3 task force on postnatal tissue and fluid banking. The task 1 4 force shall consist of the following members, selected by the 1 5 institution or association specified or, if not specified, 1 6 selected by the director of public health: 1 7 a. The director of public health, or the director's 1 8 designee. 1 9 b. A representative of each of the public and private 1 10 colleges or universities in the state that have interest in 1 11 postnatal tissue and fluid for the purposes of research or 1 12 medical treatment. 1 13 c. A representative of the Iowa hospital association. 1 14 d. A representative of the Iowa medical society. 1 15 e. A physician representing a birthing hospital. 1 16 f. A prenatal healthcare provider. 1 17 g. A representative of the Iowa midwives association. 1 18 h. A representative of the postnatal tissue and fluid 1 19 research community. 1 20 i. A representative of recipients of postnatal tissue and 1 21 fluid transplants. 1 22 j. A representative of a postnatal tissue and fluid 1 23 transplant center. 1 24 k. A representative of a postnatal tissue and fluid bank. 1 25 l. An attorney with expertise in public health or 1 26 biotechnology law, selected by the Iowa state bar association. 1 27 2. Members of the task force shall receive actual expenses 1 28 incurred while serving in their official capacity and may also 1 29 be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 1 30 7E.6. 1 31 3. The director of public health, or the director's 1 32 designee, shall act as chairperson of the task force. A 1 33 majority of the members of the task force shall constitute a 1 34 quorum. 1 35 4. The task force shall investigate the optimum method by 2 1 which to establish a network of postnatal tissue and fluid 2 2 banks in partnership with public and private colleges or 2 3 universities, public and private hospitals, or nonprofit 2 4 organizations and private organizations in the state to 2 5 collect and store postnatal tissue and fluid for the purposes 2 6 of scientific research and medical treatment. The 2 7 investigation shall address and make recommendations regarding 2 8 all of the following: 2 9 a. Regulatory requirements for public and private 2 10 postnatal tissue and fluid banks in the state, including 2 11 regulations or protocols to govern donations to the bank and 2 12 the release and use of banked postnatal tissue or fluid. 2 13 b. The development of a statewide network of postnatal 2 14 tissue and fluid banks and birthing hospital collection sites 2 15 in a manner that provides for geographic distribution 2 16 throughout the state. 2 17 c. The development of a statewide postnatal tissue and 2 18 fluid registry to identify, acquire, and distribute donated 2 19 postnatal tissue and fluid to suitably matched candidates 2 20 including documentation of the collection, storage, 2 21 distribution, and transplantation of the postnatal tissue and 2 22 fluid and the clinical outcomes of all transplantations 2 23 related to the network. 2 24 d. Any incentives for donation to public postnatal tissue 2 25 and fluid banks. 2 26 e. Public awareness and encouragement of donation or 2 27 private storage of postnatal tissue and fluid by providing 2 28 information including but not limited to all of the following: 2 29 (1) The current and potential future medical uses of 2 30 postnatal tissue and fluid. 2 31 (2) The benefits and risks associated with postnatal 2 32 tissue and fluid banking. 2 33 (3) Medical or family history criteria that may impact a 2 34 family's consideration of postnatal tissue and fluid banking. 2 35 (4) An explanation of the differences between private and 3 1 public banking. 3 2 (5) Medically accepted uses and benefits of postnatal 3 3 tissue and fluid collection and transplantation. 3 4 (6) The costs associated with donation and storage, and an 3 5 explanation of the storage, maintenance, and viability for 3 6 transplantation of postnatal tissue and fluid. 3 7 f. Participation in the public cord blood bank network 3 8 established pursuant to the federal Stem Cell Therapeutic and 3 9 Research Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109=129, or other national 3 10 or international networks. 3 11 g. Any changes in law or rules necessary to implement a 3 12 postnatal tissue and fluid banking network in the state to 3 13 provide for scientific research and medical treatment. 3 14 h. Consent and privacy protections related to donation or 3 15 private banking of postnatal tissue and fluid. 3 16 i. Any fee structure to be associated with participation 3 17 in the postnatal tissue and fluid bank network. 3 18 j. The costs associated with the operation and maintenance 3 19 of a public postnatal tissue and fluid bank network, including 3 20 the need for public funding. 3 21 5. The task force shall report its findings and 3 22 recommendations, along with any proposed legislation, to the 3 23 general assembly by November 1, 2007. 3 24 6. For the purposes of this section, "postnatal tissue and 3 25 fluid" means the placenta, umbilical cord, umbilical cord 3 26 blood, and amniotic fluid expelled or extracted in connection 3 27 with the birth of a child. 3 28 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the 3 29 general fund of the state to the Iowa department of public 3 30 health for the period beginning on the effective date of this 3 31 Act, and ending January 1, 2008, the following amount, or so 3 32 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose 3 33 designated: 3 34 For the task force on postnatal tissue and fluid banking: 3 35 .................................................. $ 20,000 4 1 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 4 2 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 4 3 EXPLANATION 4 4 This bill directs the Iowa department of public health to 4 5 convene a task force on postnatal tissue and fluid banking. 4 6 The bill defines "postnatal tissue and fluid" as the placenta, 4 7 umbilical cord, umbilical cord blood, and amniotic fluid 4 8 expelled or extracted in connection with the birth of a child. 4 9 The bill specifies the membership of the task force and 4 10 provides that the director of public health is the chairperson 4 11 of the task force. The bill specifies that the task force is 4 12 to investigate the optimum method by which to establish a 4 13 network of postnatal tissue and fluid banks in partnership 4 14 with public and private colleges or universities, public and 4 15 private hospitals, nonprofit organizations and private 4 16 organizations in the state to collect and store postnatal 4 17 tissue and fluid for the purposes of scientific research and 4 18 medical treatment. The bill also specifies issues which the 4 19 task force's investigation is to address and about which the 4 20 task force is to make recommendations. The bill requires the 4 21 task force to report its findings and recommendations, along 4 22 with any proposed legislation, to the general assembly by 4 23 November 1, 2007. The bill provides an appropriation to the 4 24 Iowa department of public health for the task force and the 4 25 bill takes effect upon enactment. 4 26 LSB 1705YH 82 4 27 pf:nh/je/5.1