House File 337 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY PETERSEN
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
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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:
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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.
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