HF 2283 (LSB 6008YH (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2283

BY  WILZ

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to obesity prevention programs, and making an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES —— OBESITY PREVENTION STRATEGIC PLAN —— APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to develop and implement a comprehensive evidence-based strategic plan to reduce the obesity rate in Iowa:
   ...................................................................... $    900,000

   The department of health and human services shall review existing programs, processes, and data including but not limited to the work of the healthy Iowans partnership including the state health assessment and the state health improvement plan, healthy people 2030, and the Iowa healthiest state initiative, and data from the most recent Iowa behavioral risk factor surveillance system survey, in developing the comprehensive evidence-based strategic plan. The strategic plan shall address the multiple factors that affect the rate of obesity including those related to economic, health, social, and environmental factors; the individual, societal, and economic costs including the effects of obesity on the workforce; and the positive return on investment of obesity prevention efforts. The department shall submit the strategic plan, including policy recommendations and specific action steps for intervention, to the general assembly by September 1, 2025.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill appropriates $900,000 from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services (HHS) for FY 2024-2025 to implement a comprehensive evidence-based strategic plan to reduce the obesity rate in Iowa. HHS shall review existing programs, processes, and data in developing the plan and the plan shall address the multiple factors that affect the rate of obesity, the costs of obesity, and the positive return on investment of obesity prevention efforts. HHS shall submit the strategic plan, including policy recommendations and specific action steps for intervention, to the general assembly by September 1, 2025.