Bill Text: IA HF328 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to a vitamin and mineral deficiency public awareness program, and providing an appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-02 - Introduced, referred to Human Resources. H.J. 274. [HF328 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF328-Introduced.html
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BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
a
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiency
public
1
awareness
program,
and
providing
an
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
VITAMIN
AND
MINERAL
DEFICIENCY
PUBLIC
AWARENESS
1
PROGRAM
——
APPROPRIATION.
2
1.
The
department
of
public
health
shall
develop
and
3
implement
an
evidence-based
public
awareness
program
to
provide
4
an
integrated
approach
to
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiency
5
prevention
and
control.
The
program
shall
do
all
of
the
6
following:
7
a.
Educate
health
care
providers,
practitioners,
public
8
health
professionals,
patient
advocates,
community
health
9
workers,
and
the
general
public
about
the
science
and
benefits
10
of
adequate
levels
of
vitamins
and
minerals.
11
b.
Provide
for
universal
evaluation
of
vitamin
and
mineral
12
deficiencies,
including
but
not
limited
to
those
related
to
13
vitamin
D,
vitamin
B12,
magnesium,
and
zinc,
at
no
cost
to
the
14
public
throughout
the
state.
15
c.
Provide
access
to
appropriate
therapies
and
16
interventions
to
ameliorate
detected
vitamin
and
mineral
17
deficiencies.
18
d.
Promote
increased
dietary
quality
and
diversity
and
19
vitamin
and
mineral
supplementation,
and
address
social
20
determinants
of
health
that
result
in
a
higher
risk
of
vitamin
21
and
mineral
deficiency
in
specific
populations.
22
e.
Publish
guidelines
that
specify
the
risk
factors
23
associated
with
specific
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiencies,
24
how
specific
deficiencies
manifest
in
various
populations,
25
the
symptoms
and
health
risks
associated
with
specific
26
deficiencies,
the
recommended
dietary
allowance
for
each
27
vitamin
and
mineral,
and
the
recommended
foods
and
other
28
sources
of
the
specific
vitamin
or
mineral.
29
2.
The
department
shall
establish
outcome
measures
to
30
determine
if
the
program
results
in
a
decreased
prevalence
31
of
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiencies
in
the
population
and
if
32
adjustments
should
be
made
to
the
program.
The
department
33
shall
submit
a
report
regarding
the
outcomes
and
any
34
recommendations
for
program
adjustments
to
the
governor
and
the
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general
assembly,
annually,
by
January
15.
1
Sec.
2.
VITAMIN
AND
MINERAL
DEFICIENCY
PUBLIC
AWARENESS
2
PROGRAM
——
APPROPRIATION.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
3
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
public
health
4
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
and
ending
June
30,
5
2022,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
6
for
the
purpose
designated:
7
To
develop
and
implement
a
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiency
8
public
awareness
program:
9
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7,000,000
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EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
relates
to
the
development
and
implementation
of
a
14
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiency
public
awareness
program
by
the
15
department
of
public
health
(DPH).
16
The
bill
requires
DPH
to
develop
and
implement
an
17
evidence-based
public
awareness
program
to
provide
an
18
integrated
approach
to
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiency
19
prevention
and
control.
The
program
shall
educate
various
20
entities
and
the
general
public
about
the
science
and
benefits
21
of
adequate
levels
of
vitamins
and
minerals;
provide
for
22
universal
evaluation
of
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiencies
at
23
no
cost
to
the
public
throughout
the
state;
provide
access
24
to
appropriate
therapies
and
interventions
to
ameliorate
25
detected
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiencies;
promote
increased
26
dietary
quality
and
diversity
and
vitamin
and
mineral
27
supplementation,
and
address
social
determinants
of
health
28
that
result
in
a
higher
risk
of
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiency
29
in
specific
populations;
publish
guidelines
that
specify
the
30
risk
factors
associated
with
specific
vitamin
and
mineral
31
deficiencies,
how
specific
deficiencies
manifest
in
various
32
populations,
the
symptoms
and
health
risks
associated
with
33
specific
deficiencies,
the
recommended
dietary
allowance
34
for
each
vitamin
and
mineral,
and
the
recommended
foods
and
35
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328
other
sources
of
the
specific
vitamin
or
mineral.
DPH
shall
1
establish
outcome
measures
to
determine
if
the
program
results
2
in
a
decreased
prevalence
of
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiencies
3
in
the
population
and
if
adjustments
should
be
made
to
the
4
program.
DPH
shall
submit
a
report
regarding
the
outcomes
and
5
any
recommendations
for
program
adjustments
to
the
governor
and
6
the
general
assembly,
annually,
by
January
15.
7
The
bill
also
provides
an
appropriation
from
the
general
8
fund
of
the
state
to
DPH
for
FY
2021-2022
to
develop
and
9
implement
the
vitamin
and
mineral
deficiency
public
awareness
10
program.
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