Bill > HF2676

This bill mandates that licensed medical professionals practicing in various specialties, including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and surgery, must complete at least one hour of continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health every four years for license renewal. It also requires medical schools and colleges of osteopathic medicine in the state to ensure students complete at least forty hours of coursework on nutrition and metabolic health before graduation, starting July 1, 2028. The bill establishes a "summer electronic benefits transfer for children program" (summer EBT program) and directs the state to seek federal approval to modify the list of eligible foods for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the summer EBT program to exclude certain items based on healthy food standards. Furthermore, it allows ivermectin to be distributed as an over-the-counter medicine without a prescription, and prohibits pharmacists or pharmacies from facing disciplinary action for doing so. For schools, the bill prohibits the use of specific artificial dyes (Blue dye 1, Blue dye 2, Green dye 3, Red dye 40, Yellow dye 5, Yellow dye 6) and potassium bromate and propylparaben in meals served to students, and also restricts their sale on school campuses. Charter schools and innovation zone schools providing breakfast or lunch programs must comply with these meal preparation and ingredient requirements. The bill also revises educational standards to include specific nutrition instruction in kindergarten and health curricula, emphasizing the importance and benefits of animal-based protein, dairy, vegetables, and fruit, and requires at least thirty minutes of physical education daily for students in kindergarten through grade five, with a weekly minimum of 120 minutes of physical activity for students in grades one through eight. Additionally, students in grades nine through twelve will be required to participate in at least one cocurricular or extracurricular activity as a condition of graduation, and school districts must adopt a technology use policy for elementary students limiting digital instruction to sixty minutes per day, excluding certain uses. Finally, the bill enacts the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact, allowing licensed psychologists to practice telepsychology across state lines and engage in temporary in-person practice in other participating states, thereby increasing public access to mental health services.

Health And Human Services (House)

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=91&ba=HF2676