Bill Text: IA SF2285 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing an Iowa healthiest children initiative in the department of public health and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2144.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-04 - Subcommittee, Forristall, Fry, and Heddens. H.J. 417. [SF2285 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF2285-Amended.html
Senate
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SENATE
FILE
2285
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2144)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
3,
2014
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
an
Iowa
healthiest
children
initiative
in
1
the
department
of
public
health
and
including
effective
date
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
135.181
Iowa
healthiest
children
1
initiative.
2
1.
The
Iowa
healthiest
children
initiative
is
established
3
in
the
department.
The
purpose
of
the
initiative
is
to
4
develop
and
implement
a
plan
for
Iowa
children
to
become
the
5
healthiest
children
in
the
nation
by
January
1,
2020.
The
6
areas
of
focus
addressed
by
the
initiative
shall
include
7
improvement
of
physical,
dental,
emotional,
behavioral,
and
8
mental
health
and
wellness;
access
to
basic
needs
such
as
food
9
security,
appropriate
nutrition,
safe
and
quality
child
care
10
settings,
and
safe
and
stable
housing,
neighborhoods,
and
home
11
environments;
and
promotion
of
healthy,
active
lifestyles
12
by
addressing
adverse
childhood
events,
reducing
exposures
13
to
environmental
toxins,
decreasing
exposures
to
violence,
14
advancing
tobacco-free
and
drug
abuse-free
living,
increasing
15
immunization
rates,
and
improving
family
well-being.
16
2.
The
department
shall
create
a
task
force,
including
17
members
who
are
child
health
experts
external
to
the
18
department,
to
develop
an
implementation
plan
to
achieve
the
19
purpose
of
the
initiative.
The
implementation
plan,
including
20
findings,
recommendations,
performance
benchmarks,
data
21
collection
provisions,
budget
needs,
and
other
implementation
22
provisions
shall
be
submitted
to
the
governor
and
general
23
assembly
on
or
before
December
15,
2014.
24
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
25
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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