House Journal: Page 807: Wednesday, March 21, 2001
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House
Files 458 and 502.
House File 587, a bill for an act providing magistrates who are
not licensed to practice law in Iowa with the authority to review
applications for involuntary hospitalization and applications for
involuntary commitment or treatment of chronic substance abusers
and making conforming changes, was taken up for consideration.
Dix of Butler in the chair at 11:37 a.m.
Speaker Siegrist in the chair at 11:40 a.m.
Grundberg of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1260 filed by her on March 20, 2001.
Grundberg of Polk offered the following amendment H-1263 filed
by her and moved its adoption:
H-1263
1 Amend House File 587 as follows:
2 1. Page 3, by inserting after line 14 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. . LEGISLATIVE STUDY - INVOLUNTARY
5 HOSPITALIZATION AND INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT
6 PROCEEDINGS. The legislative council is requested to
7 establish a study committee during the 2001 interim on
8 issues relating to involuntary hospitalization
9 including, but not limited to, both inpatient and
10 outpatient commitment proceedings and advanced
11 directives. The study committee shall consist of
12 legislator members of both political parties from both
13 houses of the general assembly, representatives of the
14 judicial branch and the department of corrections, law
15 enforcement personnel, including police officers and
16 sheriffs, mental health consumers, mental health
17 advocacy groups, including, but not limited to,
18 representatives from the alliance for the mentally ill
19 and mental health advocates, representatives from the
20 Iowa department of public health, and representatives
21 from the psychiatric and psychological services
22 community."
23 2. Title page, line 4, by inserting after the
24 word "abusers" the following: ", providing for an
25 interim study committee,".
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