S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 136.1, Code 2009, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 136.1 Composition of board. 3 The state board of health shall consist of the following 4 members: Five Two members learned in health-related 5 disciplines, three members who have direct experience with 6 public health, two members who have direct experience with 7 substance abuse treatment or prevention, and four members 8 representing the general public. 9 The director of public health shall serve as secretary of the 10 board. 11 Sec. 2. Section 136.3, Code 2009, is amended by striking the 12 section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 13 136.3 Duties. 14 The state board of health shall provide a forum for the 15 development of public health policy in the state of Iowa and 16 shall have the following powers and duties: 17 1. Consider and study legislation and administration 18 concerning public health. 19 2. Advise the department on any issue related to the 20 promotion and protection of the health of Iowans including but 21 not limited to: 22 a. Prevention of epidemics and the spread of disease, 23 including communicable and infectious diseases such as zoonotic 24 diseases, quarantine and isolation, sexually transmitted 25 diseases, and antitoxins and vaccines. 26 b. Protection against environmental hazards. 27 c. Prevention of injuries. 28 d. Promotion of healthy behaviors. 29 e. Preparing for, responding to, and recovering from public 30 health emergencies and disasters. 31 3. Establish policies governing the performance of the 32 department in the discharge of any duties imposed on it by law. 33 4. Provide guidance to the director in the discharge of the 34 director’s duties. 35 -1- LSB 5301DP (5) 83 jr/nh 1/ 4

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ 5. Adopt and implement the Iowa public health standards. 1 6. Assure that the department complies with Iowa Code, 2 administrative rules, and the Iowa public health standards. 3 For this purpose the board shall have access at any time to all 4 documents and records of the department. 5 7. Assure that the department prepares and distributes an 6 annual report. 7 8. Advise or make recommendations to the director of public 8 health, governor, and general assembly relative to public 9 health and advocate for state and local public health to comply 10 with the Iowa public health standards. 11 9. Offer consultation to the governor in the appointment of 12 the director of the department. 13 10. Adopt, promulgate, amend, and repeal rules and 14 regulations consistent with law for the protection of the 15 public health and prevention of substance abuse, and for 16 the guidance of the department. All rules adopted by the 17 department are subject to approval by the board. 18 11. Act by committee, or by a majority of the board. 19 12. Keep minutes of the transactions of each session, 20 regular or special, which shall be public records and filed 21 with the department. 22 13. Perform those duties authorized pursuant to chapter 23 125. The board may appoint a substance abuse program committee 24 to approve or deny applications for licensure received from 25 substance abuse programs pursuant to chapter 125 and to perform 26 any other function authorized by chapter 125 and delegated to 27 the committee. 28 14. Perform those duties authorized pursuant to sections 29 135.156, 135.159, and 135.161, and other provisions of law. 30 Sec. 3. Section 136.5, Code 2009, is amended to read as 31 follows: 32 136.5 Meetings. 33 The board shall meet on the second Wednesday in July and on 34 the second Wednesday of every second month thereafter at least 35 -2- LSB 5301DP (5) 83 jr/nh 2/ 4

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ six times per year and at such other times as may be deemed 1 necessary by the president chairperson of the board or the 2 director of the department . The president department shall 3 give each board member adequate notice of all special meetings. 4 A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a 5 quorum. 6 Sec. 4. Section 136.7, Code 2009, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 136.7 Officer Chairperson —— staff assistance . 9 At the meeting held in The board shall annually in July of 10 each year a president shall be elected from the board elect 11 a chairperson , who shall serve for a period of one year. At 12 the request of the board the The department shall furnish 13 an executive clerk staff from the regular employees of the 14 department to record the minutes of the meetings of the board. 15 Sec. 5. Section 136.8, Code 2009, is amended to read as 16 follows: 17 136.8 Supplies. 18 The department shall furnish the board of health with all 19 articles and supplies required for the public use and necessary 20 to enable the board to perform the duties imposed upon it by 21 law. Such articles and supplies shall be obtained by the 22 department in the same manner in which the regular supplies for 23 the department are obtained and the same shall be considered 24 and accounted for as if obtained for the use of the department. 25 EXPLANATION 26 This bill rewrites provisions in Code chapter 136, relating 27 to the organization and duties of the state board of health. 28 The revision remains very similar to the current statute. 29 The bill revises the membership of the board itself. Under 30 current law, the board consists of five members learned 31 in health-related disciplines, two members who have direct 32 experience with substance abuse treatment or prevention, and 33 four members representing the general public. Under the bill, 34 board makeup consists of two members learned in health-related 35 -3- LSB 5301DP (5) 83 jr/nh 3/ 4

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ disciplines, three members who have direct experience with 1 public health, two members who have direct experience with 2 substance abuse treatment or prevention, and four members 3 representing the general public. 4 The bill amends Code section 136.3, relating to the duties 5 of the board, by reorganizing the Code section and updating 6 language. The bill eliminates some specific duties and sets 7 the board duties in general terms. Many of the specific duties 8 are now encompassed in the board duty to "[a]dopt and implement 9 the Iowa public health standards”. 10 The bill revises Code section 136.5 to provide general 11 guidelines for the number of meetings the board shall hold 12 annually rather than specific meeting dates and directs the 13 department, rather than the president of the board, to give 14 notice of meetings. The bill also amends Code section 136.7 to 15 provide that the board shall elect a chairperson rather than a 16 president. 17 -4- LSB 5301DP (5) 83 jr/nh 4/ 4