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HF 298Died when the session ended · February 15, 2023

Relating to a study of the negative effects of environmental contaminants on human fertility and the human endocrine system

Topics:Environment & natural resourcesHealth care

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2023
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committee
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 must study how environmental pollutants can harm human fertility and the endocrine system. This research will focus on how exposure affects people while they are still in the womb. Finally, the department will give a report to state leaders with suggestions on how to protect people through new policies and health actions.1

Read the official explanation

This bill requires the department of health and human services to compile and analyze studies, data, scientific research, and other sources on the negative effects of environmental contaminants on human fertility and the human endocrine system, with an emphasis on intrauterine exposure, and to submit a report to the governor and the general assembly specifying the department’s findings and recommendations for broad-based policy strategies to prevent and reduce these negative effects through actions and interventions at the patient, health care provider, health care institution, and societal levels.

Full bill text2

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