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Creating the public health advancement commission
Proposed by the Isenhart, Charles, House · all agency proposals
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2022
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 Iowa would create a new group called the public health advancement commission to help improve the state's health services. This commission will include many different professionals and organizations to help manage how public health is funded and organized. Every year, the group must send a report to the governor and the legislature with ideas on how to make the system better for everyone in Iowa.1
Read the official explanation
This bill creates the public health advancement commission. The bill directs the department of public health to establish the commission to develop and maintain an effective and efficient public health system based on the core functions of public health and the provision of essential services to all Iowans by monitoring and addressing public health infrastructure, priorities, capacity, and financing. The department shall involve the wide range of professionals, volunteers, agencies, and organizations engaged in public health activities in the work of the commission. The bill specifies the purposes, duties, and membership of the commission, and requires the commission to submit a report to the governor and the general assembly annually by January 15, including recommendations for improvement in the public health system.