Text: SF02313 Text: SF02315 Text: SF02300 - SF02399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN
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
Text: SF02313 Text: SF02315 Text: SF02300 - SF02399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
© 2002 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Fri Mar 22 03:25:00 CST 2002
URL: /DOCS/GA/79GA/Legislation/SF/02300/SF02314/020313.html
jhf