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House Amendment 8258

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  1  1    Amend House File 2473 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  Section 229.1B, Code 2003, is amended
  1  5 to read as follows:
  1  6    229.1B  SINGLE ENTRY POINT PROCESS.
  1  7    Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to
  1  8 the contrary, any person whose hospitalization
  1  9 expenses are payable in whole or in part by a county
  1 10 shall be subject to all requirements of the single
  1 11 entry point process.  The single entry point process
  1 12 administrator or the administrator's designee shall
  1 13 assist the court by determining the person's county of
  1 14 legal settlement and notifying the court of the
  1 15 determination.  In addition, the administrator or
  1 16 designee shall identify one or more appropriate
  1 17 hospitals or facilities with an opening available for
  1 18 placement of the person and provide this information
  1 19 to the court along with a placement recommendation.
  1 20    Sec.    .  Section 229.8, subsection 2, Code 2003,
  1 21 is amended to read as follows:
  1 22    2.  Cause copies of the application and supporting
  1 23 documentation to be sent to the county attorney or the
  1 24 county attorney's attorney-designate for review, and
  1 25 to the county's single entry point process
  1 26 administrator."
  1 27    #2.  Page 1, line 32, by striking the word "The"
  1 28 and inserting the following:  "Prior to the hearing,
  1 29 the".
  1 30    #3.  Page 2, line 1, by inserting after the word
  1 31 "respondent." the following:  "If determined to be in
  1 32 the best interest of the respondent, the judge may
  1 33 order placement of the respondent in an alternative
  1 34 facility in which an opening is available."
  1 35    #4.  Page 2, line 17, by inserting after the word
  1 36 "respondent." the following:  "If determined to be in
  1 37 the best interest of the respondent, the judge may
  1 38 order placement of the respondent in an alternative
  1 39 facility in which an opening is available."
  1 40    #5.  Page 2, line 29, by inserting after the word
  1 41 "respondent." the following:  "If determined to be in
  1 42 the best interest of the respondent, the judge may
  1 43 order placement of the respondent in an alternative
  1 44 facility in which an opening is available."
  1 45    #6.  Page 3, by inserting after line 21 the
  1 46 following:
  1 47    "Sec.    .  Section 229.22, subsection 2,
  1 48 unnumbered paragraph 2, Code Supplement 2003, is
  1 49 amended to read as follows:
  1 50    If the magistrate orders that the person be
  2  1 detained, the magistrate shall, by the close of
  2  2 business on the next working day, file a written order
  2  3 with the clerk in the county where it is anticipated
  2  4 that an application may be filed under section 229.6.
  2  5 The order may be filed by facsimile if necessary.  The
  2  6 order shall state the circumstances under which the
  2  7 person was taken into custody or otherwise brought to
  2  8 a facility, and the grounds supporting the finding of
  2  9 probable cause to believe that the person is seriously
  2 10 mentally impaired and likely to injure the person's
  2 11 self or others if not immediately detained.  The order
  2 12 shall confirm the oral order authorizing the person's
  2 13 detention including any order given to transport the
  2 14 person to an appropriate facility.  The clerk shall
  2 15 provide a copy of that order to the single entry point
  2 16 process administrator of the county where it is
  2 17 anticipated that an application may be filed under
  2 18 section 229.6, to the chief medical officer of the
  2 19 facility to which the person was originally taken, to
  2 20 any subsequent facility to which the person was
  2 21 transported, and to any law enforcement department or
  2 22 ambulance service that transported the person pursuant
  2 23 to the magistrate's order.
  2 24    Sec.    .  Section 229.24, subsection 1, Code 2003,
  2 25 is amended to read as follows:
  2 26    1.  All papers and records pertaining to any
  2 27 involuntary hospitalization or application for
  2 28 involuntary hospitalization of any person under this
  2 29 chapter, whether part of the permanent record of the
  2 30 court or a county or of a file in the department of
  2 31 human services, are subject to inspection only upon an
  2 32 order of the court for good cause shown. Nothing in
  2 33 this section shall prohibit a hospital from complying
  2 34 with the requirements of this chapter and of chapter
  2 35 230 relative to financial responsibility for the cost
  2 36 of care and treatment provided a patient in that
  2 37 hospital, nor from properly billing any responsible
  2 38 relative or third-party payer for such care and
  2 39 treatment."
  2 40    #7.  Page 3, by striking lines 27 through 33 and
  2 41 inserting the following:  "with mental illness.  If
  2 42 established,".
  2 43    #8.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 44 
  2 45 
  2 46                               
  2 47 CARROLL of Poweshiek
  2 48 
  2 49 
  2 50                               
  3  1 SMITH of Marshall
  3  2 HF 2473.201 80
  3  3 jp/sh
     

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