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Senate File 295      



                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                        RESOURCES

                                    (SUCCESSOR TO SF 56)

                                         A BILL FOR

     1 An Act relating to donation of newborn umbilical cord blood.
     2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.39D  Donation of newborn
  1  2 umbilical cord blood.
  1  3    1.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary regarding
  1  4 blood donation, an attending prenatal health care provider
  1  5 of a woman who is known to be pregnant shall, prior to the
  1  6 thirty=second week of the woman's pregnancy, provide the woman
  1  7 with information regarding options for donation of blood
  1  8 extracted from the umbilical cord of the newborn to a public
  1  9 cord blood bank.
  1 10    2.  The department of public health shall provide the
  1 11 information regarding public cord blood banking to be utilized
  1 12 by attending prenatal health care providers under this section.
  1 13 The information provided shall be the applicable informational
  1 14 and educational materials developed by the entity awarded the
  1 15 contract by the health resources and services administration of
  1 16 the United States department of health and human services to
  1 17 operate the cord blood coordinating center.
  1 18    3.  For the purposes of this section, an "attending prenatal
  1 19 health care provider" includes a person licensed, certified, or
  1 20 otherwise authorized by law to provide health care services to
  1 21 a pregnant woman within the scope of the person's profession.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill relates to donation of newborn umbilical cord
  1 24 blood.  The bill directs an attending prenatal health care
  1 25 provider of a woman known by the provider to be pregnant, to
  1 26 provide the woman, prior to the 32nd week of the pregnancy,
  1 27 with information regarding the options for  donation of
  1 28 umbilical cord blood to a public cord blood bank.  The
  1 29 bill directs the department of public health to provide
  1 30 the information to be utilized by the providers and defines
  1 31 "attending prenatal health care provider".