Bill Text: IA HF237 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to prohibit pharmaceutical product advertisement in schools and relating to medical and health information offered to students under the educational standards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-27 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 208. [HF237 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF237-Introduced.html
House File 237 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 237 BY SHIPLEY A BILL FOR An Act requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic 1 schools to prohibit pharmaceutical product advertisement 2 in schools and relating to medical and health information 3 offered to students under the educational standards. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1552YH (4) 89 kh/jh
H.F. 237 Section 1. Section 256.11, subsection 4, Code 2021, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 4. The following shall be taught in grades seven and 3 eight: English-language arts; social studies; mathematics; 4 science; health; age-appropriate and research-based human 5 growth and development; career exploration and development; 6 physical education; music; and visual art. Computer science 7 instruction incorporating the standards established under 8 section 256.7, subsection 26 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (4), 9 shall be offered in at least one grade level commencing with 10 the school year beginning July 1, 2023. Career exploration 11 and development shall be designed so that students are 12 appropriately prepared to create an individual career 13 and academic plan pursuant to section 279.61 , incorporate 14 foundational career and technical education concepts aligned 15 with the six career and technical education service areas 16 as defined in subsection 5 , paragraph “h” , and incorporate 17 relevant twenty-first century skills. The health curriculum 18 shall include age-appropriate and research-based information 19 regarding the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 20 42 U.S.C. §300aa-1 to 300aa-34, the occurrence of medical 21 errors, the practices of medical informed consent, the rights 22 and responsibilities of patients under the law, and the 23 characteristics of sexually transmitted diseases, including HPV 24 and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and acquired 25 immune deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of 26 accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions for 27 implementing the program in grades seven and eight. However, 28 this subsection shall not apply to the teaching of career 29 exploration and development in nonpublic schools. For purposes 30 of this section , “age-appropriate” , “HPV” , and “research-based” 31 mean the same as defined in section 279.50 . 32 Sec. 2. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph j, 33 subparagraph (1), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 34 (1) One unit of health education which shall include 35 -1- LSB 1552YH (4) 89 kh/jh 1/ 3
H.F. 237 personal health; food and nutrition; environmental health; 1 safety and survival skills; consumer health; family life; 2 age-appropriate and research-based human growth and 3 development; substance abuse and nonuse; emotional and social 4 health; health resources including but not limited to the 5 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. 6 §300aa-1 to 300aa-34, materials relating to the occurrence of 7 medical errors, the practices of medical informed consent, 8 and information regarding the rights and responsibilities of 9 patients under the law ; and prevention and control of disease, 10 including age-appropriate and research-based information 11 regarding sexually transmitted diseases , including HPV and the 12 availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and acquired immune 13 deficiency syndrome. 14 Sec. 3. Section 279.50, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended 15 to read as follows: 16 2. Each school board shall provide age-appropriate and 17 research-based instruction in human growth and development 18 including instruction regarding human sexuality, self-esteem, 19 stress management, interpersonal relationships, domestic 20 abuse, HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, 21 and acquired immune deficiency syndrome as required in section 22 256.11 , in grades one through twelve. 23 Sec. 4. Section 279.50, subsection 9, paragraph c, Code 24 2021, is amended by striking the paragraph. 25 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION . 280.31 Pharmaceutical product 26 advertisements prohibited. 27 1. For purposes of this section: 28 a. “Advertisement” means an attempt by dissemination, 29 solicitation, or circulation of any written, electronic, or 30 printed communication to create an interest in or induce 31 directly or indirectly a student to purchase or acquire a 32 pharmaceutical product. 33 b. “Pharmaceutical product” means any product that under 34 federal or state law shall not be dispensed except pursuant to 35 -2- LSB 1552YH (4) 89 kh/jh 2/ 3
H.F. 237 a prescription order written by a licensed medical professional 1 and dispensed by a pharmacy as defined in section 155A.3. 2 2. The board of directors of each school district and the 3 authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school 4 shall prohibit within a school attendance center and on school 5 grounds any advertisement for a pharmaceutical product. 6 EXPLANATION 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 8 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 9 This bill requires school districts and accredited nonpublic 10 schools to prohibit pharmaceutical product advertisements 11 within school attendance centers and on school grounds, 12 requires that such districts and schools provide to students in 13 grades 7 and 8 a health curriculum and to students in grades 9 14 through 12 health resources that include the federal National 15 Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, the occurrence of medical 16 errors, the practices of medical informed consent, and the 17 rights and responsibilities of patients under the law. 18 The bill eliminates references and instructional 19 requirements relating to the provision of human growth and 20 development materials and instruction to students regarding the 21 human papillomavirus and vaccine. 22 -3- LSB 1552YH (4) 89 kh/jh 3/ 3
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