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File
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HOUSE
FILE
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BY
HEATON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
development
and
initial
implementation
1
of
an
inpatient
psychiatric
bed
tracking
system
by
the
2
department
of
human
services.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
INPATIENT
PSYCHIATRIC
BED
TRACKING
SYSTEM
——
1
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES.
The
department
of
human
services
2
shall
expend
the
sum
of
two
hundred
thousand
dollars,
or
so
3
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
4
July
1,
2015,
and
ending
June
30,
2016,
to
be
used
for
the
5
development
and
initial
implementation
of
an
inpatient
6
psychiatric
bed
tracking
system
in
accordance
with
this
7
section.
8
1.
In
developing
the
requirements
for
procurement
of
the
9
system,
the
department
of
human
services
shall
engage
the
10
group
of
magistrates
and
hospital
personnel
that
assisted
the
11
department
in
developing
the
hospital
bed
tracking
system
12
report
submitted
to
the
general
assembly
in
December
2013,
13
pursuant
to
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
130,
section
56.
The
14
department
shall
also
engage
representatives
of
other
portions
15
of
the
mental
health
system,
including
representatives
of
the
16
regional
mental
health
and
disability
services
system,
the
17
state
mental
health
institutes,
the
Iowa
behavioral
health
18
association,
and
the
Iowa
association
of
community
providers.
19
The
procedural
issues
addressed
by
the
group
shall
include
20
but
are
not
limited
to
the
responsibility
for
data
entry
21
and
verification,
timeliness
of
data
entry,
confidentiality
22
requirements
associated
with
the
data
needed
to
ensure
the
23
usefulness
of
the
system,
and
key
characteristics
and
capacity
24
information
about
the
beds
in
the
system.
25
2.
The
department
shall
base
the
procurement
requirements
26
on
the
recommendation
option
contained
in
the
December
2013
27
report
that
projected
the
lowest
annual
maintenance
and
28
operating
costs
rather
than
the
other
option.
29
3.
Upon
a
court-ordered
mental
health
commitment,
the
30
clerk
of
the
district
court
shall
utilize
the
electronic
31
tracking
system,
once
in
place,
to
enter
information
into
the
32
system
relating
to
the
court
order,
check
the
database
for
33
the
availability
of
open
inpatient
psychiatric
hospital
beds,
34
and,
if
available,
specify
the
inpatient
psychiatric
hospital
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bed
in
the
facility
or
institution
to
which
a
patient
who
is
1
the
subject
of
the
mental
health
commitment
order
should
be
2
assigned.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
relates
to
the
development
and
initial
7
implementation
of
an
inpatient
psychiatric
bed
tracking
system.
8
The
bill
directs
the
department
of
human
services
to
expend
9
$200,000
for
fiscal
year
2015-2016
for
the
development
and
10
initial
implementation
of
an
inpatient
psychiatric
bed
tracking
11
system.
In
developing
the
requirements
for
procurement
of
12
the
system,
the
department
is
required
to
engage
the
group
of
13
magistrates
and
hospital
personnel
that
assisted
the
department
14
in
developing
the
hospital
bed
tracking
system
report
submitted
15
to
the
general
assembly
in
December
2013
(2013
Iowa
Acts,
16
chapter
130,
section
56)
along
with
representatives
of
the
17
regional
mental
health
and
disability
services
system,
the
18
state
mental
health
institutes,
the
Iowa
behavioral
health
19
association,
and
the
Iowa
association
of
community
providers.
20
The
procedural
issues
addressed
by
the
group
shall
include
21
but
are
not
limited
to
the
responsibility
for
data
entry
22
and
verification,
timeliness
of
data
entry,
confidentiality
23
requirements,
and
key
characteristics
and
capacity
information
24
about
the
beds
in
the
system.
25
The
bill
provides
that
upon
a
court-ordered
mental
health
26
commitment,
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
shall
utilize
the
27
electronic
tracking
system,
once
in
place,
to
enter
information
28
into
the
system
relating
to
the
court
order,
check
the
database
29
for
the
availability
of
open
inpatient
psychiatric
hospital
30
beds,
and,
if
available,
specify
the
inpatient
psychiatric
31
hospital
bed
in
the
facility
or
institution
to
which
a
patient
32
who
is
the
subject
of
the
mental
health
commitment
order
should
33
be
assigned.
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