Senate Resolution 22 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  BOLKCOM
  1  3 A Resolution requesting a legislative study concerning
  1  4    the licensure of professional midwives.
  1  5    WHEREAS, Iowans are increasingly seeking
  1  6 alternatives to the traditional hospital maternity
  1  7 ward for the delivery of newborns; and
  1  8    WHEREAS, midwives are currently providing
  1  9 unregulated and unlicensed delivery services; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, it is in the public interest that midwife
  1 11 services continue as a licensed profession, in order
  1 12 to best protect the public health, safety, and
  1 13 welfare; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 14    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  1 15 requests the Legislative Council to establish an
  1 16 interim study committee to conduct a review of a
  1 17 request for the establishment of licensure
  1 18 requirements for professional midwives; and
  1 19    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this interim study
  1 20 committee should be composed of ten legislative
  1 21 members consisting of members from both political
  1 22 parties and both houses of the general assembly and be
  1 23 staffed by the legislative services agency and shall
  1 24 issue its report of recommendations by January 1,
  1 25 2010.
  1 26 LSB 2713SS 83
  1 27 jr/rj/24