House
File
2283
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2283
BY
WILZ
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
obesity
prevention
programs,
and
making
an
1
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
1
OBESITY
PREVENTION
STRATEGIC
PLAN
——
APPROPRIATION.
There
2
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
3
department
of
health
and
human
services
for
the
fiscal
year
4
beginning
July
1,
2024,
and
ending
June
30,
2025,
the
following
5
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
develop
and
6
implement
a
comprehensive
evidence-based
strategic
plan
to
7
reduce
the
obesity
rate
in
Iowa:
8
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$
900,000
9
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
review
10
existing
programs,
processes,
and
data
including
but
not
11
limited
to
the
work
of
the
healthy
Iowans
partnership
including
12
the
state
health
assessment
and
the
state
health
improvement
13
plan,
healthy
people
2030,
and
the
Iowa
healthiest
state
14
initiative,
and
data
from
the
most
recent
Iowa
behavioral
15
risk
factor
surveillance
system
survey,
in
developing
the
16
comprehensive
evidence-based
strategic
plan.
The
strategic
17
plan
shall
address
the
multiple
factors
that
affect
the
18
rate
of
obesity
including
those
related
to
economic,
health,
19
social,
and
environmental
factors;
the
individual,
societal,
20
and
economic
costs
including
the
effects
of
obesity
on
the
21
workforce;
and
the
positive
return
on
investment
of
obesity
22
prevention
efforts.
The
department
shall
submit
the
strategic
23
plan,
including
policy
recommendations
and
specific
action
24
steps
for
intervention,
to
the
general
assembly
by
September
25
1,
2025.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
appropriates
$900,000
from
the
general
fund
of
30
the
state
to
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
(HHS)
31
for
FY
2024-2025
to
implement
a
comprehensive
evidence-based
32
strategic
plan
to
reduce
the
obesity
rate
in
Iowa.
HHS
shall
33
review
existing
programs,
processes,
and
data
in
developing
34
the
plan
and
the
plan
shall
address
the
multiple
factors
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that
affect
the
rate
of
obesity,
the
costs
of
obesity,
and
1
the
positive
return
on
investment
of
obesity
prevention
2
efforts.
HHS
shall
submit
the
strategic
plan,
including
policy
3
recommendations
and
specific
action
steps
for
intervention,
to
4
the
general
assembly
by
September
1,
2025.
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