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HF 578Died when the session ended · March 4, 2019

Requiring a study regarding alternative methods for disposing of the body of a deceased person

Topics:Health care

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedMarch 4, 2019
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committee
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary The Iowa Department of Public Health must study whether it should allow a process called alkaline hydrolysis to be used for disposing of human bodies. After finishing the study, the department has to give a report on its findings to the state legislature by the start of 2020.1

Read the official explanation

This bill requires the Iowa department of public health to conduct a study on whether to authorize the use of alkaline hydrolysis as a method of disposing of a body of a deceased person. The bill requires the department to submit a report to the general assembly about the study by January 1, 2020.

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