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1 1 Amend Senate File 2280 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 7, by inserting after line 13 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "(3) The division shall establish a task force to
1 5 adopt an action plan for a drug-free Iowa.
1 6 Underscoring the need for the establishment of the
1 7 task force are the facts that a majority of criminal
1 8 offenders in Iowa's criminal justice system have had
1 9 problems with substance abuse; untreated addiction in
1 10 the workplace results in increased costs to businesses
1 11 from medical claims and disability costs from illness
1 12 and injury, theft, absenteeism, and decreased
1 13 productivity; health care costs are increased by
1 14 untreated addiction; and Iowa children whose parents
1 15 are addicted suffer from neglect, cruelty, and abuse
1 16 resulting in physical and emotional damage.
1 17 The task force shall conduct an evaluation of the
1 18 effectiveness of all existing federal and state funded
1 19 substance abuse treatment and prevention programs in
1 20 the state. Evaluation issues and components to be
1 21 examined by the task force shall include access to
1 22 treatment by the general population; access to
1 23 treatment by females, minorities, juveniles, and the
1 24 rural population; any changes in the completion of
1 25 treatment rates; ensuring that a relationship of
1 26 treatment effectiveness to the severity of the illness
1 27 is addressed; substance abuse relapse rates;
1 28 comparison of substance abuse relapse rates to relapse
1 29 rates for other chronic diseases; the reasons for
1 30 different outcomes in different programs; factors
1 31 contributing to denial of care; lengths of stay
1 32 according to severity of illness; costs of service
1 33 delivery; relationship of outcomes to cost offsets
1 34 such as a decline in arrest rates and
1 35 hospitalizations, or an increase in employment figures
1 36 and the tax base; review of managed care approaches
1 37 and exemplary programs in other states; and any other
1 38 issues which may emerge during the course of the
1 39 evaluation.
1 40 The task force shall be comprised of
1 41 representatives from the department of human services,
1 42 the department of corrections, the governor's alliance
1 43 on substance abuse, the Iowa substance abuse
1 44 consortium on evaluation and research, a
1 45 representative who is an Iowa substance abuse program
1 46 director, and members of the general public. Four
1 47 members of the general assembly, one each from the
1 48 majority and minority parties, respectively, of each
1 49 house of the general assembly, shall be designated by
1 50 the division to serve as nonvoting ex officio members.
2 1 The ex officio members shall receive per diem expenses
2 2 pursuant to section 2.12. Based on the
2 3 recommendations of the task force, the department
2 4 shall submit the action plan for a drug-free Iowa to
2 5 the governor and general assembly by January 1, 2000."
2 6
2 7
2 8
2 9 NANCY BOETTGER
2 10 MARY NEUHAUSER
2 11 SF 2280.507 77
2 12 rn/jw/28
Text: S05241 Text: S05243 Text: S05200 - S05299 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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