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The Iowa Insurance Division investigates consumer complaints and prosecutes companies, agents and brokers engaged in unfair trade practices. The division supervises insurance businesses transacted in Iowa, including health maintenance organizations and mutual hospital and health service corporations. The Iowa Insurance Division grants permissions to companies that wish to sell insurance and has general control over various aspects of their business. Its fraud investigation bureau confronts the problems of insurance fraud by prevention, investigation and prosecution of fraudulent insurance acts to reduce the amount of money used to pay fraudulent claims. The division operates a consumer affairs bureau that handles complaints and questions from the public and conducts investigations and brings action against insurance companies and agents. The Iowa Insurance Division maintains a securities bureau that administers laws that regulate and investigate the sale of securities. It is governed by the city of Des Moines in Iowa.

The Iowa Department of Public Health offers a range of education and consulting services. It serves individuals with HIV/AIDS, diabetes, tuberculosis, infectious diseases and injuries. The department maintains a center for acute disease epidemiology that provides treatment solutions for measles, mumps and animal bites. The Iowa Department of Public Health also offers various emergency medical services. It operates the Center for Disaster Operations and Response. The department maintains a bureau of disease prevention and immunization. The Iowa Department of Public Health works in collaboration with public health agencies, policymakers, health care providers and businesses. In addition, the department provides asthma control, family planning, immunization and women s health care solutions.

The Iowa Department of Human Rights, founded in 1986, promotes equal access to work, services and opportunities for the residents of Iowa. It consists of various divisions, commissions and an administrative support unit. The department s divisions develop policies and recommend regulation priorities, new programs and constructive actions to the governor and the general assembly. Its community action division serves as an advocate for low-income, elderly and disabled residents of the state. The department s criminal and juvenile justice planning division carries out research, policy analysis, program development and data analysis activities to assist policy makers and justice system agencies. It also administers federal and state grant programs to fund local and state projects. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, the department also operates a commission on the status for women that represents the interests for women in several areas, including sexual harassment, divorce, nontraditional jobs, domestic violence and education.