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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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