HF 257 (LSB 2129YH (3) 87)

HOUSE FILE 257

BY  BRECKENRIDGE, M. SMITH, McCONKEY, FORBES, STAED, KEARNS, MASCHER, BEARINGER, OURTH, NIELSEN, STECKMAN, RUNNING-MARQUARDT, HEDDENS, and HEATON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to facilities licensed to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment and services and the psychiatric bed tracking system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  DIRECTIVE TO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES —— PSYCHIATRIC BED TRACKING SYSTEM.  The department of human services shall amend its administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A to require the state mental health institutes and hospitals licensed to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment and services to participate in the psychiatric bed tracking system and to report the number of beds available for persons with a co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorder.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to facilities licensed to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment and services and the psychiatric bed tracking system. The bill directs the department of human services to amend its administrative rules to require the state mental health institutes and hospitals licensed to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment and services to participate in the psychiatric bed tracking system and to report the number of beds available for persons with a co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorder.