House
File
2339
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2339
BY
WILZ
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
a
focused
review
of
Iowa
cancer
surveillance
1
data,
and
making
an
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
IOWA
CANCER
SURVEILLANCE
DATA
——
FOCUSED
REVIEW
1
——
REPORT
——
APPROPRIATION.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
2
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
health
and
3
human
services
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2024,
and
4
ending
June
30,
2025,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
5
as
is
necessary,
to
perform
a
focused
review
of
Iowa
cancer
6
surveillance
data:
7
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$
2,000,000
8
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
9
collaborate
with
the
Iowa
cancer
consortium
to
perform
a
10
focused
review
of
the
cancer
incidence
data
collected
in
the
11
state
health
registry
of
Iowa/Iowa
cancer
registry
and
the
12
2023-2027
Iowa
cancer
plan
to
investigate
the
causality
of
13
the
increased
incidence
of
cancer
in
Iowa
and
to
recommend
14
strategies
and
specific
action
steps,
including
policy
15
changes,
to
guide
cancer
control
activities.
The
department
16
of
health
and
human
services
shall
use
a
portion
of
the
17
moneys
appropriated
to
employ
one
full-time
equivalent
18
position
dedicated
to
the
Iowa
cancer
control
program.
The
19
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
also
utilize
a
20
portion
of
the
moneys
appropriated,
as
necessary,
to
employ
21
or
engage
staff
with
expertise
in
the
areas
of
epidemiology,
22
biostatistics,
and
other
appropriate
specialty
areas
to
perform
23
the
review
and
develop
the
recommendations.
The
department
of
24
health
and
human
services
shall
submit
a
report
of
the
findings
25
and
recommendations
resulting
from
the
focused
review
to
the
26
general
assembly
by
September
1,
2025.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
relates
to
a
focused
review
of
Iowa
cancer
31
surveillance
data.
The
bill
appropriates
$2
million
from
the
32
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
health
and
33
human
services
(HHS)
for
FY
2024-2025
to
perform
a
focused
34
review
of
Iowa
cancer
surveillance
data.
The
bill
directs
HHS
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to
collaborate
with
the
Iowa
cancer
consortium
to
perform
a
1
focused
review
of
the
cancer
incidence
data
collected
in
the
2
state
health
registry
of
Iowa/Iowa
cancer
registry
and
the
3
2023-2027
Iowa
cancer
plan
to
investigate
the
causality
of
4
the
increased
incidence
of
cancer
in
Iowa
and
to
recommend
5
strategies
and
specific
action
steps,
including
policy
changes,
6
to
guide
cancer
control
activities.
HHS
shall
utilize
a
7
portion
of
the
moneys
appropriated
to
employ
one
full-time
8
equivalent
position
dedicated
to
the
Iowa
cancer
control
9
program
and
a
portion
to
employ
or
engage
staff
with
expertise
10
in
epidemiology,
biostatistics,
and
other
appropriate
specialty
11
areas
to
perform
the
review
and
develop
the
recommendations.
12
HHS
shall
submit
a
report
of
the
findings
and
recommendations
13
resulting
from
the
focused
review
to
the
general
assembly
by
14
September
1,
2025.
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