House Study Bill 21 SENATE/HOUSE FILE BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH BILL) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring children to have a dental screening as a 2 condition of enrollment in elementary or high school and 3 providing an effective date. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1211XD 82 6 nh/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.17 DENTAL SCREENING OF 1 2 CHILDREN. 1 3 1. a. A person shall not be enrolled in a public or 1 4 nonpublic elementary school without presenting evidence upon 1 5 initial enrollment in the school of having, at a minimum, a 1 6 dental screening performed within the prior year by a licensed 1 7 physician as defined in chapter 148 or 150, or a licensed 1 8 dental hygienist or dentist as defined in chapter 153. A 1 9 person shall not be enrolled in a public or nonpublic high 1 10 school without presenting evidence upon initial enrollment in 1 11 the school of having, at a minimum, a dental screening 1 12 performed within the prior year by a licensed dental hygienist 1 13 or dentist as defined in chapter 153. 1 14 b. A person performing a dental screening required by this 1 15 section shall record the fact of having conducted the 1 16 screening, and such additional information required by the 1 17 department, on uniform forms developed by the department in 1 18 cooperation with the department of education. The form shall 1 19 include a space for the person performing the screening to 1 20 summarize any condition that may indicate a need for special 1 21 services. 1 22 c. The department shall specify the procedures that 1 23 constitute a dental screening and authorize a waiver signed by 1 24 a licensed physician, dental hygienist, or dentist for a 1 25 person who is unduly burdened by the screening requirement. 1 26 2. Each public and nonpublic school shall give notice of 1 27 the dental screening requirement to parents of students 1 28 enrolled or to be enrolled in the school at least ninety days 1 29 before the start of the school year in the manner prescribed 1 30 by the department. 1 31 3. A person may be provisionally enrolled in a public or 1 32 nonpublic elementary or high school if the person is in the 1 33 process of obtaining the required dental screening. 1 34 4. Each local board shall furnish the department, within 1 35 sixty days after the start of the school year, evidence that 2 1 each person enrolled in any public or nonpublic school within 2 2 the local board's jurisdiction has met the dental screening 2 3 requirement in this section. 2 4 5. The department shall adopt rules to administer this 2 5 section. 2 6 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect July 1, 2 7 2008. 2 8 EXPLANATION 2 9 This bill requires all children, prior to their initial 2 10 enrollment in a public or nonpublic elementary or high school, 2 11 to obtain a dental screening. The bill requires the person 2 12 performing the screening to complete a uniform form regarding 2 13 the screening and requires the department of public health to 2 14 specify the procedures constituting a screening and to 2 15 authorize a waiver for persons who are unduly burdened by the 2 16 requirement. 2 17 The bill requires schools to give notice to parents of the 2 18 screening requirement. The bill also provides for provisional 2 19 enrollment if a child is in the process of obtaining a 2 20 screening. Each local board of health is required to furnish 2 21 the department with evidence that all children enrolled in the 2 22 schools within the board's jurisdiction have met the screening 2 23 requirement. 2 24 The bill takes effect July 1, 2008. 2 25 LSB 1211XD 82 2 26 nh:rj/sh/8.1