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Relating to an indoor mold information and public awareness program
Topics:Health care
Same legislation: HF 2399
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 18, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 6, 2024
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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What’s in it
This bill relates to an indoor mold public information and awareness program. The bill defines “indoor mold” for the purposes of the bill to include any form of multi-cellular fungi found in damp or water-damaged indoor environments and building materials. The bill requires the department of health and human services (HHS) to establish an indoor mold public information and awareness program to assist the public in understanding the threat of indoor mold in indoor environments and the importance of the proper removal of indoor mold.
Read the full explanation
As part of the program, the department shall: beginning July 1, 2024, review the adverse effects to humans from exposure to indoor mold in damp and water-damaged indoor environments by consulting with medical research institutions and organizations with expertise in the adverse effects of such exposure, and submit a report including findings and recommendations to the general assembly by June 30, 2025; every five years, beginning July 1, 2025, review technology or treatment techniques for indoor mold identification and remediation that provide additional protections to public health and safety, and submit a report to the general assembly following completion of each review; and establish a public information and awareness campaign on the dangers of indoor mold and damp or water-damaged indoor environments to educate the public on the health effects of indoor mold, the methods of identifying and remediating indoor mold, and providing contact information for sources to assist the public with concerns regarding indoor mold. The bill directs HHS to adopt administrative rules to administer the bill.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
House subcommittee
Named January 18, 2024. On January 23, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Fiscal note
House File 2399 is estimated to cost the HHS $297,000 in FY 2025 and $296,000 in FY 2026, as shown in Figure 1.
- Indoor Mold Public Awareness Campaign · February 19, 2024
Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note
Iowa Code it changes
Creates§135.39F
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Lobbying
1 for · 0 against · 5 undecided · Who →
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