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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 331.438, subsection 1, Code Supplement 1 2 1997, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. d. "Traumatic brain injury" means 1 4 clinically evident brain damage or spinal cord injury 1 5 resulting directly or indirectly from trauma not primarily 1 6 related to degenerative or aging processes, which temporarily 1 7 or permanently impairs a person's physical or cognitive 1 8 functions. 1 9 Sec. 2. Section 331.439, Code Supplement 1997, is amended 1 10 by adding the following new subsection: 1 11 NEW SUBSECTION. 9. A county's management plans submitted 1 12 under this section shall address the service needs of persons 1 13 with traumatic brain injury. Any provider of services to 1 14 persons with traumatic brain injury included in the plans 1 15 shall comply with the applicable service standards developed 1 16 by the council on quality and leadership in supports for 1 17 people with disabilities or the commission of accreditation of 1 18 residential facilities. 1 19 Sec. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 1 20 3, shall not apply to this Act. 1 21 EXPLANATION 1 22 This bill requires county management plans for mental 1 23 health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities 1 24 services to address the service needs of persons with 1 25 traumatic brain injury. 1 26 The bill includes a definition of traumatic brain injury in 1 27 Code chapter 331, relating to county home rule implementation. 1 28 The provision requiring inclusion of traumatic brain injury 1 29 service needs in county plans also requires the service 1 30 providers to comply with certain national standards. 1 31 This bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 1 32 section 25B.3. This bill makes inapplicable Code section 1 33 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political 1 34 subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for 1 35 the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. 2 1 Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with 2 2 any state mandate included in this bill. 2 3 LSB 3150YH 77 2 4 jp/jw/5
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