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Senate Amendment 5345

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PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend the amendment, S-5165, to House File 2519, as
  1  2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    #1.  By striking page 2, line 46, through page 4,
  1  5 line 26 and inserting the following:
  1  6    "Sec.    .  Section 222.60, unnumbered paragraph 1,
  1  7 Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1  8    All necessary and legal expenses for the cost of
  1  9 admission or commitment, including expenses incurred
  1 10 pursuant to section 812.5, or for the treatment,
  1 11 training, instruction, care, habilitation, support and
  1 12 transportation of persons with mental retardation, as
  1 13 provided for in the county management plan provisions
  1 14 implemented pursuant to section 331.439, subsection 1,
  1 15 in a state hospital-school, or in a special unit, or
  1 16 any public or private facility within or without the
  1 17 state, approved by the director of the department of
  1 18 human services, shall be paid by either:"
  1 19    #2.  By striking page 4, line 43, through page 5,
  1 20 line 43 and inserting the following:
  1 21    "Sec.    .  Section 230.1, subsection 1, unnumbered
  1 22 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1999, is amended to read
  1 23 as follows:
  1 24    The necessary and legal costs and expenses
  1 25 attending the taking into custody, care,
  1 26 investigation, admission, commitment, including civil
  1 27 commitment pursuant to section 812.5, and support of a
  1 28 person with mental illness admitted or committed to a
  1 29 state hospital shall be paid by a county or by the
  1 30 state as follows:"
  1 31    #3.  Page 6, by striking lines 10 through 30.
  1 32    #4.  Page 10, by inserting after line 1 the
  1 33 following:
  1 34    "Sec. 101.  PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION –
  1 35 LIABILITY OF COUNTY AND STATE.
  1 36    1.  Notwithstanding any provision of section 222.60
  1 37 to the contrary, all necessary and legal expenses for
  1 38 the cost of admission or commitment, including
  1 39 expenses incurred pursuant to section 812.5, or for
  1 40 the treatment, training, instruction, care,
  1 41 habilitation, support, and transportation of an
  1 42 eligible person with mental retardation shall be paid
  1 43 by the county in which such person has a legal
  1 44 settlement as defined in section 252.16, or, if such
  1 45 person has no legal settlement or when such settlement
  1 46 is unknown, by the state.  The provisions of section
  1 47 222.60 not inconsistent with this section shall apply
  1 48 to this section.
  1 49    2.  For purposes of this section, an "eligible
  1 50 person with mental retardation" means a person with
  2  1 mental retardation who has been charged with a
  2  2 criminal offense and who is transferred or referred to
  2  3 a state hospital-school or state hospital for any of
  2  4 the following reasons:
  2  5    a.  A diagnosis or recommendation as part of the
  2  6 pretrial or presentence procedure.
  2  7    b.  A determination of mental competency or,
  2  8 pursuant to Iowa rule of criminal procedure 21, a
  2  9 placement of a defendant.
  2 10    c.  A determination of competency to stand trial, a
  2 11 determination of a defendant's dangerousness, or a
  2 12 commitment as mentally incompetent to stand trial
  2 13 pursuant to section 812.4.
  2 14    d.  A diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment for a
  2 15 prisoner transferred from a county or city jail.
  2 16    3.  The single entry point process established by a
  2 17 county under section 331.440 shall not apply to this
  2 18 section and a court is not required to seek
  2 19 authorization through the single entry point process
  2 20 prior to transferring or referring an eligible person
  2 21 with mental retardation to a state hospital-school or
  2 22 state hospital for any reason described in subsection
  2 23 2, paragraphs "a" through "d".
  2 24    4.  This section is repealed June 30, 2001.
  2 25    Sec. 102.  PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS – LIABILITY
  2 26 OF COUNTY AND STATE.
  2 27    1.  Notwithstanding any provision of section 230.1
  2 28 to the contrary, the necessary and legal costs and
  2 29 expenses attending the taking into custody, care,
  2 30 investigation, admission, commitment, including civil
  2 31 commitment pursuant to section 812.5, and support of
  2 32 an eligible person with mental illness shall be paid
  2 33 by a county in which such person has a legal
  2 34 settlement; or, if such person has no legal settlement
  2 35 in this state or the person's legal settlement is
  2 36 unknown, by the state.  The provisions of section
  2 37 230.1 not inconsistent with this section shall apply
  2 38 to this section.
  2 39    2.  For purposes of this section, an "eligible
  2 40 person with mental illness" means a person with mental
  2 41 illness who has been charged with a criminal offense
  2 42 and who is transferred or referred to a state hospital
  2 43 for any of the following reasons:
  2 44    a.  A psychosocial diagnosis or recommendation as
  2 45 part of the pretrial or presentence procedure.
  2 46    b.  A determination of mental competency or,
  2 47 pursuant to Iowa rule of criminal procedure 21, a
  2 48 placement of a defendant.
  2 49    c.  A determination of competency to stand trial, a
  2 50 determination of a defendant's dangerousness, or a
  3  1 commitment as mentally incompetent to stand trial
  3  2 pursuant to section 812.4.
  3  3    d.  A diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment for
  3  4 mental illness for a prisoner transferred from a
  3  5 county or city jail.
  3  6    3.  The single entry point process established by a
  3  7 county under section 331.440 shall not apply to this
  3  8 section and a court is not required to seek
  3  9 authorization through the single entry point process
  3 10 prior to transferring or referring an eligible person
  3 11 with mental illness to a state hospital for any reason
  3 12 described in subsection 2, paragraphs "a" through "d".
  3 13    4.  This section is repealed June 30, 2001.
  3 14    Sec.    .  LEGISLATIVE STUDY – LIABILITY OF STATE
  3 15 OR COUNTY – PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR MENTAL
  3 16 RETARDATION.  The legislative council of the Iowa
  3 17 general assembly is requested to establish a
  3 18 legislative interim study committee during the 2000
  3 19 interim to review issues concerning whether the county
  3 20 or state should be liable for the payment of costs and
  3 21 expenses associated with the transferring and
  3 22 referring of a person to a state hospital or state
  3 23 hospital-school for mental illness or mental
  3 24 retardation who has been charged with a criminal
  3 25 offense.  The committee shall consider proposals,
  3 26 including the mechanism established in sections 101
  3 27 and 102 of this Act, for determining when the county
  3 28 or the state should be liable and, if applicable, for
  3 29 determining which county should be liable.  The
  3 30 legislative interim study committee should issue a
  3 31 report to the general assembly by January 1, 2001,
  3 32 concerning its findings and recommendations."
  3 33    #5.  Page 10, line 17, by inserting after the word
  3 34 "hearings," the following:  "requesting an interim
  3 35 study,".
  3 36    #6.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  3 37 
  3 38 
  3 39                               
  3 40 JEFF ANGELO
  3 41 HF 2519.307 78
  3 42 ec/cf
     

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