This bill addresses a range of health-related issues, including continuing education for medical professionals, medication availability, and school nutrition regulations. A key provision mandates that licensees in certain medical fields complete at least one hour of continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health every four years for license renewal. The bill also allows for the over-the-counter distribution of ivermectin and establishes a summer electronic benefits transfer program for children under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Additionally, it enhances nutritional standards in school meal programs by prohibiting certain artificial ingredients and enacts a psychology interjurisdictional compact to facilitate telepsychology across state lines.

Moreover, the bill introduces significant changes to tobacco and vapor product taxation, increasing the cigarette tax from six cents to ten cents and raising the tax on tobacco products from twenty-two percent to fifty-five percent of the wholesale price. It also imposes a new excise tax of fifteen percent on the retail sales price of vapor and consumable hemp products. The legislation includes provisions for the registration of sellers and mandates that the Department of Health and Human Services provide names of individuals selling consumable hemp products to the Department of Revenue for tax collection. Overall, the bill aims to improve health service delivery, enhance regulatory frameworks, and generate revenue for health care initiatives.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 148.3, 148C.3, 135.61, 135.62, 135.65, 135.70, 234.1, 256E.7, 283A.6, 283A.1, 453A.6, 453A.43, 331.653, 331.756, 453A.32, 453A.15, 453A.33, 453F.2, 453A.40, 453A.45, 422.25, 204.7