HSB 535 (LSB 5766YC (2) 88)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON LUNDGREN)

A BILL FOR

An Act modifying duties to prescribe practices and procedures for implementation of a preapplication screening assessment program relating to the involuntary commitment or treatment of a person with a substance-related disorder.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 125.74, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   125.74  Preapplication screening assessment —— program.
   Prior to filing an application pursuant to section 125.75, the clerk of the district court or the clerk’s designee shall inform the interested person referred to in section 125.75 about the option of requesting a preapplication screening assessment through a preapplication screening assessment program, if available. The state court administrator shall prescribe practices and procedures for implementation of the preapplication screening assessment program.
    Sec. 2.  Section 602.1209, subsection 16, Code 2020, is amended by striking the subsection.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Code section 125.74 provides that prior to filing an application for the involuntary commitment or treatment of a person with a substance-related disorder or for the involuntary hospitalization of a person, the clerk of the district court or the clerk’s designee shall inform the interested person about the option of requesting a preapplication screening assessment through a preapplication screening assessment program, if available. This bill strikes provisions requiring the state court administrator to prescribe practices and procedures for the implementation of such a program.