SF2385: State Boards/Commissions

Conservation & Water Quality Committee. Implements some (but not all) of the Governor's Boards & Commissions Review recommendations.  Requires state boards & commissions be reviewed every four years. Requires all boards & commissions to allow remote participation (hybrid or virtual meetings). Allows boards & commissions to meet as needed (rather than on a schedule).  Allows DIAL staff to administratively close complaints that are not related to rule or law violations. Requires DIAL to review all professional licensing renewal cycles and develop a recommendation to create a uniform calendar for renewals across all licensing categories. Retains the requirement that the Board of Nursing's executive director be a registered nurse. Reduces the Board of Nursing from 7 to 5 members (eliminating one active RN, one nurse-educator, and one member of the public, and adding one ARNP). The new Board of Nursing will be 4 nurses (1 nurse educator, 1 active RN, 1 ARNP, and 1 LPN) and 1 member of the public. Makes the DIAL director the head of the nursing compact (but the director can designate someone else). Pays HHS Council members $10,000/year and makes the council advisory.  Eliminates the Children's Behavioral Health System Board (gives duties to HHS Council). Merges boards of psychology, behavioral health, and social work (but adds advisory committees for each of the former boards to make recommendations to full merged Board of Behavioral Health). Merges Dual Party Relay Council & Commission for Deaf Services. Merges the Child Death Review Team, Child Fatality Review Committee, and Domestic Violence Death Review Committee into a single State Mortality Review Committee. Establishes a new Soil Adds new Special Education Council (parents of children with various disabilities). Eliminates the Public Employment Relations Board and transfers authority to the Employment Appeals Board. Reduces board members on Civil Rights Commission (7:5), Human Rights Board (11:7), Innovation Council (29:9), State Historical Board (12:7), and Board of Education (10:9).  Eliminates the following boards & commissions: Advisory Committee for Children with Special Health Needs & HAWK-I Board; Advisory Committee for Perinatal Guidelines; Advisory Council for Public Outdoor Recreation and Resources; Advisory Council on Brain Injuries; Area Education Agency Advisory Group; Autism Council; Board of Hearing Aid Specialists; Board of Pharmacy Alternates; Child Care Advisory Committee; Child Support Services Task Force on Liens and Motor Vehicle Registrations; Commercial Air Service Retention and Expansion Committee; Commercial Pesticide Applicator Peer Review Panel; Commission of Latino Affairs; Commission of Native American Affairs; Commission on Community Action Agencies; Commission on Educator Leadership and Compensation; Commission on Status of African Americans; Commission on Status of Asian and Pacific Islanders; Commission on Status of Persons with Disabilities; Commission on Status of Women; Community College Council and Nonpublic School Advisory Committee; Community College Faculty Advisory Committee; Community Mental Health Centers and Disability Services Standards Advisory Committee; Congenital and Inherited Disorders Advisory Committee; Conservation Education Program Board; Consumer Advisory Panel; Dependent Adult Protective Advisory Council; Early Childhood Stakeholders Alliance; Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; Enhance Iowa Board Family Development and Self-Sufficiency Council; Farm Deer Council; Farmer Advisory Committee; Federal Clean Air Act Compliance Advisory Panel; Fire Extinguishing System Contractors and Alarms Systems Advisory Board; Grain Industry Peer Review Panel; Horizontal and Vertical Infrastructure Bid Threshold Committee; Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Technical Advisory Committee; Interagency Coordinating Council; Interstate Cooperation Commission; Interstate Midwest Energy Commission; Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development Council; Iowa Council on Homelessness; Iowa Cultural Trust Board of Trustees; Iowa Drug Policy Advisory Council; Iowa Great Places Board; Justice Advisory Board; Leadership Council for Child Care Training and Development; Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Board; Ongoing Quality Faculty Plan Professional Development Committee; Organic Advisory Council; Postsecondary Course Audit Committee
Prison Industries Advisory Board; Private Pesticide Applicator Peer Review Panel; Public Funds Interest Rates Committee; Public Policy Research Foundation; Secondary Road Fund Distribution Committee; State Advisory Board for Preserves; Streamlined Sales Tax Advisory Council; Street Construction Fund Distribution Advisory Committee; Telecommunication Advisory Committee; Tourist Signing Committee; Trauma System Advisory Council; Watershed Planning Advisory Council; and Well Contractors' Council.  Requires HHS along with DIAL and other stakeholders to study the effectiveness of the Certificate of Need process and make recommendations on improvements to the process or less restrictive alternatives (report due 12/31/2024).

Signed by Governor May 17, 2024.