Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to bone marrow donation public awareness
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2019
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- 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
This bill requires the department of public health (DPH), in cooperation with hospitals, primary care providers, urgent care physicians, the Iowa marrow donor program, and other entities with experience or expertise in bone marrow donation or transplant, to develop and disseminate, in formats determined effective, information regarding bone marrow donation in the state to increase public awareness. The bill specifies the minimum information to be developed and disseminated and directs DPH to update the information as necessary to provide current and accurate information to the public.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 5, 2019. On February 21, 2019 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part