Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to obesity prevention programs, and making an appropriation
Topics:State budget
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 1, 2024
- 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 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 provide $900,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services to create a plan to lower obesity rates in the state. This plan will look at different causes of obesity and suggest specific ways to help people stay healthy. The department must share its final recommendations and action steps with the legislature by September 1, 2025.1
Read the official explanation
This bill appropriates $900,000 from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services (HHS) for FY 2024-2025 to implement a comprehensive evidence-based strategic plan to reduce the obesity rate in Iowa. HHS shall review existing programs, processes, and data in developing the plan and the plan shall address the multiple factors that affect the rate of obesity, the costs of obesity, and the positive return on investment of obesity prevention efforts. HHS shall submit the strategic plan, including policy recommendations and specific action steps for intervention, to the general assembly by September 1, 2025.
Lobbying
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