Text: HF02194 Text: HF02196 Text: HF02100 - HF02199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 125.12, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. The commission shall review a comprehensive andco-1 4ordinatedcoordinated program for the treatment of substance 1 5 abusers, chronic substance abusers, intoxicated persons, and 1 6 concerned family members. Subject to the review of the 1 7 commission, the director shall divide the state into 1 8 appropriate regions for the conduct of the program and 1 9 establish standards for the development of the program on the 1 10 regional level. In establishing the regions, consideration 1 11 shall be given to city and county lines, population 1 12 concentrations, and existing substance abuse treatment 1 13 services. In determining the regions, the director is not 1 14 required to follow the regional map as prepared by the former 1 15 office for planning and programming. The program is subject 1 16 to all of the following: 1 17 a. The regions shall be periodically reviewed and revised 1 18 to reflect demographic changes and to deliver treatment 1 19 services in a manner which serves the persons participating in 1 20 the program as close to the persons' communities as is 1 21 reasonable. The review and revision shall be repeated at 1 22 least every ten years. 1 23 b. A region may consist of a single county. 1 24 c. A program grant may be awarded to more than one program 1 25 within a region. 1 26 d. Prior to awarding grants for a new grant authorization 1 27 period, the director shall solicit and give equal 1 28 consideration to all grant applications received. 1 29 EXPLANATION 1 30 This bill relates to region and grant requirements for the 1 31 comprehensive substance abuse program administered by the Iowa 1 32 department of public health. 1 33 Current law, in Code section 125.12, requires the director 1 34 of public health, subject to the review of the commission on 1 35 substance abuse, to designate the comprehensive program's 2 1 regions based upon consideration of various factors. 2 2 The bill requires the regions to be periodically reviewed 2 3 and revised in order to serve participants as close to the 2 4 participants' communities as is reasonable; allows a region to 2 5 consist of a single county; allows grants to be issued to more 2 6 than one program within a region; and requires solicitation 2 7 and equal consideration of new applications prior to a new 2 8 grant authorization period. 2 9 LSB 5344YH 80 2 10 jp/cf/24
Text: HF02194 Text: HF02196 Text: HF02100 - HF02199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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