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Relating to a vitamin and mineral sufficiency public awareness program
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2023
- 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 The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services will start a new program to teach people about the importance of vitamins and minerals. This program will offer free tests to check for deficiencies and provide free vitamin D supplements from September through March. Officials will also track the program's success and report their findings to the governor every year.1
Read the official explanation
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill directs the department of health and human services (HHS or the department) to develop and implement an evidence-based vitamin and mineral sufficiency public awareness program to provide an integrated approach to vitamin and mineral sufficiency in Iowa. The elements of the program include: educating the general public about the science and benefits of adequate levels of vitamins and minerals; providing for the evaluation of members of the public for vitamin and mineral deficiencies at no cost to the public; and providing vitamin D supplementation from September through March 21, annually, to the public at no cost, as well as information regarding the importance of vitamin D sufficiency to immune health and its role in reducing mortality and hospitalization resulting from COVID-19 and respiratory illnesses. The department shall establish outcome measures to determine if the program results in a decreased prevalence of vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the population and if adjustments should be made to the program, and shall submit an annual report regarding the outcomes and any recommendations for program adjustments to the governor and the general assembly.