Bill Text: IA HF530 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to donation of newborn umbilical cord blood. (Formerly HF 165)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF530 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF530-Introduced.html
House
File
530
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
530
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
165)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
donation
of
newborn
umbilical
cord
blood.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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530
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
135.39D
Donation
of
newborn
1
umbilical
cord
blood.
2
1.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
to
the
contrary
regarding
3
blood
donation,
an
attending
prenatal
health
care
provider
4
of
a
woman
who
is
known
to
be
pregnant
shall,
prior
to
the
5
thirty-second
week
of
the
woman’s
pregnancy,
provide
the
woman
6
with
information
regarding
options
for
donation
of
blood
7
extracted
from
the
umbilical
cord
of
the
newborn
to
a
public
8
cord
blood
bank.
9
2.
The
department
of
public
health
shall
provide
the
10
information
regarding
public
cord
blood
banking
to
be
utilized
11
by
attending
prenatal
health
care
providers
under
this
section.
12
The
information
provided
shall
be
the
applicable
informational
13
and
educational
materials
developed
by
the
entity
awarded
the
14
contract
by
the
health
resources
and
services
administration
of
15
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
human
services
to
16
operate
the
cord
blood
coordinating
center.
17
3.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
an
“attending
prenatal
18
health
care
provider”
includes
a
person
licensed,
certified,
or
19
otherwise
authorized
by
law
to
provide
health
care
services
to
20
a
pregnant
woman
within
the
scope
of
the
person’s
profession.
21
EXPLANATION
22
This
bill
relates
to
donation
of
newborn
umbilical
cord
23
blood.
The
bill
directs
an
attending
prenatal
health
care
24
provider
of
a
woman
known
by
the
provider
to
be
pregnant,
to
25
provide
the
woman,
prior
to
the
32nd
week
of
the
pregnancy,
26
with
information
regarding
the
options
for
donation
of
27
umbilical
cord
blood
to
a
public
cord
blood
bank.
The
28
bill
directs
the
department
of
public
health
to
provide
29
the
information
to
be
utilized
by
the
providers
and
defines
30
“attending
prenatal
health
care
provider”.
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