2019 Iowa Nurses Association Annual Report

HF 504 - Health Education Requirements (F) - This bill adds mental health awareness, coping skills, and
suicide prevention to the subject matter that must be included in the unit of health education which
school districts and accredited nonpublic schools must offer and teach in grades 7-12.
Subcommittee: Approved by subcommittee
HF 419 (formerly HSB 60) - Music Therapist Certification (M) - This bill requires any person claiming to be
a music therapist to hold a music therapist board-certified credential granted by the certification board
for music therapists or a professional designation in good standing listed on the national music therapy
registry.
Approved by the House 96-3.
HF 274 - School PE Stats (M) - The bill requires the department of education, beginning with the school
year starting July 1, 2019, to annually compile reports on statistics and data relating to physical education
classes and instruction offered by each school district as a whole and by attendance center in a format
determined by the department.
Approved by subcommittee
HF 98 - Center For Suicide Prevention (M) - This bill establishes the Iowa center for suicide prevention in
the department of education to provide, in a coordinated and comprehensive way, ongoing support to
Iowa’s schools relating to suicide prevention and postvention and the identification of adverse childhood
experiences and strategies to mitigate toxic stress response, in the form of information, resources, and
evidence-based training content.
Subcommittee: Mommsen, Hanusa and Mascher
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