House File 63 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY TYMESON
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the dental screening program for children
2 enrolling in elementary or high school.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 135.17, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
1 2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 b. A person performing a dental screening required by this
1 4 section shall record the fact of having conducted the
1 5 screening, and only such additional information required by
1 6 the department, necessary to identify the student, the
1 7 student's parent or guardian, the dental screening provider,
1 8 and the student's school. The information shall be reported
1 9 on uniform forms developed by the department in cooperation
1 10 with the department of education. The form shall include a
1 11 space for the person performing the screening to summarize any
1 12 condition that may indicate a need for special services.
1 13 Sec. 2. Section 135.17, Code 2009, is amended by adding
1 14 the following new subsection:
1 15 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. Nothing in this section shall be
1 16 construed to establish a duty on the part of a public or
1 17 nonpublic school to provide or ensure provision of proper
1 18 dental care to any student.
1 19 EXPLANATION
1 20 This bill amends provisions relating to the dental
1 21 screening of children program. The bill eliminates language
1 22 that would require a person performing a dental screening to
1 23 provide a summary of any condition that may indicate a need
1 24 for special services. Instead, the person would only report
1 25 that the screening had been completed and information required
1 26 by the department necessary to identify the student, the
1 27 student's parent or guardian, the dental screening provider,
1 28 and the student's school.
1 29 The bill also includes language regarding liability of a
1 30 school relative to the dental screening by providing that the
1 31 provisions of the law are not to be construed to establish a
1 32 duty on the part of a public or nonpublic school to provide or
1 33 ensure provision of proper dental care to any student.
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