88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
SF 467: Relating to requiring hospitals to provide umbilical cord testing for the presence of an illegal drug or alcohol in a newborn child’s body and child in need of assistance proceedings
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 it does
This bill relates to requiring hospitals to provide umbilical cord testing for the presence of an illegal drug or alcohol in a newborn child’s body and a child in need of assistance proceeding. The bill provides each newborn child born in a hospital is required to be tested for the presence of an illegal drug or alcohol in the child’s body. The test shall be conducted utilizing umbilical cord testing. The department of public health shall report positive test results to the department of human services.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named March 5, 2019
- Sen. Thomas A. Greene (R)
- Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Mark Segebart (R)
Lobbying · 0 for, 3 against
Against: Common Good Iowa; Iowa Citizens For Justice; Iowa Hospital Association
In plain words
- March 4, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Human Resources committee
- March 5, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Greene, Quirmbach and Segebart
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SF467