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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8D.2, subsection 4, Code Supplement
  1  2 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  "Private agency" means an accredited nonpublic school,
  1  4 a nonprofit institution of higher education eligible for
  1  5 tuition grants, or a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter
  1  6 135B or a physician clinic to the extent provided in section
  1  7 8D.13, subsection 16, or the Iowa center of excellence in
  1  8 autism designated pursuant to section 135.29A.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 8D.13, Code Supplement 2001, is amended by
  1 10 adding the following new subsection:
  1 11    NEW SUBSECTION.  20.  Access to the network shall be
  1 12 offered to the Iowa center of excellence in autism designated
  1 13 pursuant to section 135.29A.  The center shall be responsible
  1 14 for all costs associated with becoming part of the network.
  1 15    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  135.29A  IOWA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
  1 16 IN AUTISM.
  1 17    The director shall designate an Iowa center of excellence
  1 18 in autism, to serve as a central point of coordination in the
  1 19 state for information sharing and patient services, and to
  1 20 provide any other services or functions necessary to meet the
  1 21 needs of individuals with autism and their families.  The
  1 22 center designated shall be a facility that is operating in
  1 23 Iowa on or before July 1, 2002, to provide autism-related
  1 24 information and services, that is operated under the direction
  1 25 of autism ambassadors, and which maintains the Iowa autism
  1 26 registry.  The center shall coordinate efforts with any autism
  1 27 unit established pursuant to section 225C.13 and with the
  1 28 regional autism assistance program established pursuant to
  1 29 section 256.35.  
  1 30                           EXPLANATION
  1 31    This bill directs the director of public health to
  1 32 designate an Iowa center of excellence in autism, to serve as
  1 33 a central point of coordination in the state for information
  1 34 sharing and patient services, and to provide any other
  1 35 services or functions necessary to meet the needs of
  2  1 individuals with autism and their families.  The center
  2  2 designated is to be a facility that is operating in Iowa on or
  2  3 before July 1, 2002, to provide autism-related information and
  2  4 services, that is operated under the direction of autism
  2  5 ambassadors, and which maintains the Iowa autism registry.
  2  6 The bill directs the center to coordinate efforts with any
  2  7 autism unit established by the administrator of the division
  2  8 of mental health and developmental disabilities pursuant to
  2  9 Code section 225C.13 and with the regional autism assistance
  2 10 program established by the department of education pursuant to
  2 11 Code section 256.35.  The bill also authorizes access to the
  2 12 Iowa communications network to the Iowa center of excellence
  2 13 in autism and provides that as a private user, the center is
  2 14 responsible for all costs associated with becoming part of the
  2 15 network.  
  2 16 LSB 5845SS 79
  2 17 pf/cf/24.1
     

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