House File 389 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  H. MILLER, WHITAKER, BUKTA,
                                           THEDE, D. OLSON, BERRY,
                                           DRAKE, and GAYMAN


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to encouraging the availability of drinking
  2    fountains in schools, parks, and public buildings.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2246HH 83
  5 av/rj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135.27A, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  a.  The council shall assist in developing a strategy
  1  4 for implementation of the statewide comprehensive plan
  1  5 developed by the existing statewide initiative to increase
  1  6 physical activity, improve physical fitness, improve
  1  7 nutrition, and promote healthy behaviors.  The strategy shall
  1  8 include specific components relating to specific populations
  1  9 and settings including early childhood, educational, local
  1 10 community, worksite wellness, health care, and older Iowans.
  1 11 The initial draft of the implementation plan shall be
  1 12 submitted to the governor and the general assembly by December
  1 13 1, 2008.
  1 14    b.  As part of the ongoing strategy for implementation of
  1 15 the statewide comprehensive plan, the council shall assist the
  1 16 department in a statewide initiative to make drinking
  1 17 fountains available, functional, and clean in all schools,
  1 18 parks, and public buildings in the state so that all Iowans,
  1 19 particularly students, have safe, easy, and convenient access
  1 20 to free, good quality drinking water from modern facilities
  1 21 throughout the day.  Drinking fountains or drinking water taps
  1 22 shall not be sited in toilet areas.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill requires the governor's council on physical
  1 25 fitness and nutrition, as part of its duty to develop a
  1 26 strategy for implementation of a statewide comprehensive plan
  1 27 to increase physical activity, improve physical fitness,
  1 28 improve nutrition, and promote healthy behaviors, to assist
  1 29 the department of public health in a statewide initiative to
  1 30 make drinking fountains available, functional, and clean in
  1 31 all schools, parks, and public buildings in the state.  The
  1 32 purpose of the initiative is that all Iowans, particularly
  1 33 students, have safe, easy, and convenient access to free, good
  1 34 quality drinking water from modern facilities throughout the
  1 35 day.  The bill prohibits locating drinking fountains or
  2  1 drinking water taps in toilet areas.
  2  2 LSB 2246HH 83
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