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Amendment S-5218 to HF 2698

Relating to and making appropriations for veterans and health and human services, including other related provisions and appropriations including but not limited to the personal needs allowance for certain persons under Medicaid and the state supplementary assistance programs, replacement generation tax revenues, the Medicaid fraud and health care trust funds, the retention of certain revenues by the mental health institutes, the retention of Medicaid eligibility by residents of mental health institutes, the scope of services of the state resource centers, the appropriation of moneys in the juvenile detention home fund, the family investment program account and diversion program, the child support collection services center refund account, the quality assurance assessment payment period, the centers of excellence grant program, an assisted living program revised payment model study, funding for county commissions of veteran affairs, foster care provisions including those relating to a relative or fictive kin, health care employment agencies and health care technology platforms, medical cannabidiol practitioner requirements, nursing facility oversight, and state-funded psychiatry residency and fellowship positions, providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

Failed · April 19, 2024

Filed April 19, 2024 in the Senate by Sen. Janice Weiner (D)

What it changes

  1. Page 4, by striking line 34 and inserting: “. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 27,781,821”
  2. Page 6, after line 11 by inserting: “
  3. The department of health and human services shall create an Iowa cancer research program within the division of public health of the department to support cancer research projects at public institutions of higher education in the state. a. (1) Of the funds appropriated in this section, $1,250,000 is allocated to fund pediatric cancer research. The department of health and human services shall issue a request for proposals to select projects at public institutions of higher education in the state that perform research focused on reducing the quantity and impact of pediatric cancers, including improving the quality of life for childhood cancer survivors. (2) Of the funds appropriated in this section, $1,250,000 is allocated to fund cancer prevention research. The department of health and human services shall issue a request for proposals to select projects at public institutions of higher education in the state that perform research focused on identifying the reasons for Iowa’s high cancer incidence rate, the reasons Iowa’s cancer incidence rate has increased rather than declined, and ways to reduce the state’s cancer incidence rate. (3) Of the funds appropriated in this section, $1,250,000 is allocated to fund clinical cancer research. The department of health and human services shall issue a request for proposals to select projects at public institutions of higher education in the state that provide the infrastructure to support research focused on developing new cancer treatments and expanding access to the newest cancer treatments. (4) Of the funds appropriated in this section, $1,250,000 is allocated to fund basic cancer research. The department of health and human services shall issue a request for proposals to select projects at public institutions of higher education in the state that perform research focused on studying how the body responds to cancer at the molecular and cellular levels to provide the foundation for future advances in cancer research. b. Criteria for selection of individual projects under this subsection shall include the project’s scientific rationale and promise, the potential to benefit the current or future health of Iowans, inclusion of collaborating experts from various parts of the state or country with different areas of expertise, the potential for economic return on investment, the potential to benefit underserved populations, and whether the project is eligible for any private or federal matching funds. c. The department of health and human services may utilize up to 5 percent of the funds allocated in this subsection for administrative costs associated with the Iowa cancer control program.”
  4. Page 6, line 12, by striking “
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  7. Page 6, line 21, by striking “
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Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book