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House Amendment 8238

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  1  1    Amend House File 2430 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking page 1, line 1 through page 2,
  1  3 line 25 and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  Section 225C.5, subsection 1, Code
  1  5 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  1  6    1.  A mental health and developmental disabilities
  1  7 commission is created as the state policy-making body
  1  8 for the provision of services to persons with mental
  1  9 illness, mental retardation or other developmental
  1 10 disabilities, or brain injury.  The commission shall
  1 11 consist of fifteen sixteen voting members appointed to
  1 12 three-year staggered terms by the governor and subject
  1 13 to confirmation by the senate.  Commission members
  1 14 shall be appointed on the basis of interest and
  1 15 experience in the fields of mental health, mental
  1 16 retardation or other developmental disabilities, and
  1 17 brain injury, in a manner so that, if possible, the
  1 18 composition of the commission will comply with the
  1 19 requirements of the Community Mental Health Centers
  1 20 Amendments of 1975, 42 U.S.C.  } 2689t(a) (1976)
  1 21 relative to a state mental health advisory council,
  1 22 and so as to ensure adequate representation from
  1 23 persons with disabilities and individuals
  1 24 knowledgeable concerning disability services.  The
  1 25 department shall provide staff support to the
  1 26 commission, and the commission may utilize staff
  1 27 support and other assistance provided to the
  1 28 commission by other persons.  Members of the
  1 29 commission shall include the following persons who, at
  1 30 the time of appointment to the commission, are active
  1 31 members of the indicated groups:
  1 32    a.  Four Three members shall be members of a county
  1 33 board of supervisors selected from nominees submitted
  1 34 by the county supervisor affiliate of the Iowa state
  1 35 association of counties.
  1 36    b.  Two members shall be members of a mental health
  1 37 and developmental disabilities regional planning
  1 38 council selected from nominees submitted by the
  1 39 director.
  1 40    c.  One member shall be either an active board
  1 41 member of a community mental health center or of a
  1 42 statewide association of persons with mental illness
  1 43 or of family members of persons with mental illness.
  1 44    d.  One member shall be either an active board
  1 45 member of an agency serving persons with mental
  1 46 retardation or of a statewide association for persons
  1 47 with mental retardation a developmental disability
  1 48 selected from nominees submitted by the association of
  1 49 community providers.
  1 50    e.  One member shall be an active member of a
  2  1 statewide organization for persons with a board member
  2  2 or employee of a provider of mental health or
  2  3 developmental disabilities other than mental
  2  4 retardation services to children.
  2  5    f.  One member shall be an active member of a
  2  6 statewide organization for persons with brain injury.
  2  7    f.  Two members shall be administrators of the
  2  8 single entry point process established in accordance
  2  9 with section 331.440 selected from nominees submitted
  2 10 by the community services affiliate of the Iowa state
  2 11 association of counties.
  2 12    g.  One member shall be selected from nominees
  2 13 submitted by the state's council of the association of
  2 14 federal, state, county, and municipal employees.
  2 15    h.  Three members shall be service consumers or
  2 16 family members of service consumers with at least one
  2 17 member who is a parent of a child service consumer.
  2 18    i.  Two members shall be selected from nominees
  2 19 submitted by service advocates.
  2 20    j.  In addition to the voting members, the
  2 21 membership shall include four members of the general
  2 22 assembly with one member designated by each of the
  2 23 following:  the majority leader of the senate, the
  2 24 minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the
  2 25 house of representatives, and the minority leader of
  2 26 the house of representatives.  A legislative member
  2 27 serves in an ex officio, nonvoting capacity and is
  2 28 eligible for per diem and expenses as provided in
  2 29 section 2.10.
  2 30    Sec.    .  Section 225C.6, subsection 1, Code
  2 31 Supplement 2001, is amended by adding the following
  2 32 new paragraph:
  2 33    NEW PARAGRAPH.  q.  Perform analyses and other
  2 34 functions associated with a redesign of the mental
  2 35 health and developmental disability services systems
  2 36 for adults and for children."
  2 37    #2.  Page 4, by striking lines 1 through 4 and
  2 38 inserting the following:  "department's actions under
  2 39 this subsection.  The department shall consult with
  2 40 the state-county management committee mental health
  2 41 and developmental disabilities commission in adopting
  2 42 rules for oversight of facilities".
  2 43    #3.  Page 9, line 10, by striking the words "The
  2 44 basis for determining whether a" and inserting the
  2 45 following:  "The basis for determining whether a A".
  2 46    #4.  Page 9, by striking lines 11 through 13 and
  2 47 inserting the following:  "mental health proposed by a
  2 48 county is comparable to a mental health managed care
  2 49 contractor approved by the department of human
  2 50 services shall include but is not limited to all of
  3  1 the".
  3  2    #5.  Page 9, by striking lines 29 and 30 and
  3  3 inserting the following:  "county managed system of
  3  4 care and the state-approved managed care contract or
  3  5 contracts shall be specified in rules developed by".
  3  6    #6.  Page 11, line 17, by striking the words "or
  3  7 employed by a service provider".
  3  8    #7.  Page 12, line 16, by inserting after the word
  3  9 "occur." the following:  "The initial term of one of
  3 10 the members appointed during the fiscal year beginning
  3 11 July 1, 2002, shall be two years."
  3 12    #8.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  3 13 
  3 14 
  3 15                               
  3 16 CARROLL of Poweshiek
  3 17 HF 2430.501 79
  3 18 jp/pj
     

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