Relating to bodies of the state governmental structure under the purview of the department of health and human services

This bill relates to bodies of the state governmental structure under the purview of the department of health and human services (HHS). The bill amends provisions relating to the legislative health policy oversight committee to provide that the committee may meet annually. Currently, the committee is required to meet at least two times annually during the legislative interim. The bill requires that any statutory board, commission, committee, or council under the purview of HHS shall provide hybrid meeting, teleconference participation, virtual meeting, and remote participation options for members to participate in official meetings. The bill eliminates the advisory council on brain injuries. The bill amends provisions relating to the congenital and inherited disorders advisory committee. The bill provides that the advisory committee is established solely to assist in designating the conditions to be included in the newborn screening and in regularly evaluating the effectiveness and appropriateness of the newborn screening. The bill limits the voting membership to voting members, and authorizes the advisory committee to meet at least once per year. The bill directs HHS to adopt administrative rules to ensure that the duties of the council do not include those relating to genetic and genomic health care services including special projects and conferences. The bill eliminates the child care advisory committee and includes the duties of the former committee in the duties of the early childhood stakeholders alliance under Code chapter 256I (early childhood Iowa initiative). The bill eliminates the children’s behavioral health system state board and amends the membership of the mental health and disability services commission. The bill amends the membership of the commission on aging by reducing the number of members from to and by eliminating commission members who are members of the general assembly. The bill eliminates the commission on tobacco use prevention and control and transfers the duties of the commission to the department or director of HHS. The bill amends the membership of the dependent adult protective advisory committee by reducing the membership from to members. The bill amends provisions relating to the Iowa domestic abuse death review team by eliminating authorization for the team to establish committees or panels to which to assign the team’s responsibilities and by eliminating authorization for payment of member actual and necessary expenses. The bill amends provisions relating to the early childhood Iowa state board by reducing the membership of the board from to voting members, appointed by the governor but not subject to confirmation by the senate. The bill also eliminates members of the general assembly from membership on the board. The bill eliminates the Hawki board and requires the medical assistance advisory council to also serve as the advisory council to the Hawki program to the extent necessary to comply with federal law. The bill eliminates the interagency coordinating council; eliminates certain membership positions on the Iowa child death review team; repeals the leadership council for child care training and development; directs HHS to adopt administrative rules to provide that the membership of the early hearing detection and intervention advisory committee is limited to no more than members and shall meet no more than two times annually; and directs HHS to adopt administrative rules to provide that the membership of the maternal and child health advisory council is limited to no more than members, which shall not include discretionary members or members of the general assembly, and that the council shall meet no more than four times annually. The bill limits the meetings of the council on health and human services to at least every other month rather than at least monthly. The bill eliminates language that specifically provides for per diem or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred while members of certain councils, committees, or other bodies are engaged in their official duties. The bill also provides that beginning July 1, 2023, the councils, committees, and other bodies specified, most of which are included in the bill, shall not be entitled to per diem or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in official duties.