1. To the extent funding is available, the commission shall perform the following duties:
a. Advise the administrator on the administration of the overall state disability services system.
b. Adopt necessary rules pursuant to chapter 17A which relate to disability programs and services, including but not limited to definitions of each disability included within the term "disability services" as necessary for purposes of state, county, and regional planning, programs, and services.
c. Adopt standards for community mental health centers, services, and programs as recommended under section 230A.16. The commission shall determine whether to grant, deny, or revoke the accreditation of the centers, services, and programs.
d. Adopt standards for the care of and services to persons with mental illness and mental retardation residing in county care facilities recommended under section 227.4.
e. Unless another governmental body sets standards for a service available to persons with disabilities, adopt state standards for that service. The commission shall provide that a service provider's compliance with standards for a service set by a nationally recognized body shall be deemed to be in compliance with the state standards adopted by the commission for that service. The commission shall adopt state standards for those residential and community-based providers of services to persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities that are not otherwise subject to licensure by the department of human services or department of inspections and appeals, including but not limited to services payable under the adult rehabilitation option of the medical assistance program and other services payable from funds credited to a county mental health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities services fund created in section 331.424A. In addition, the commission shall review the licensing standards used by the department of human services or department of inspections and appeals for those facilities providing services to persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities.
f. Assure that proper appeal procedures are available to persons aggrieved by decisions, actions, or circumstances relating to accreditation.
g. Adopt necessary rules for awarding grants from the state and federal government as well as other moneys that become available to the division for grant purposes.
h. Annually submit to the governor and the general assembly:
(1) A report concerning the activities of the commission.
(2) Recommendations formulated by the commission for changes in law.
i. By January 1 of each odd-numbered year, submit to the governor and the general assembly an evaluation of:
(1) The extent to which services to persons with disabilities are actually available to persons in each county in the state and the quality of those services.
(2) The effectiveness of the services being provided by disability service providers in this state and by each of the state mental health institutes established under chapter 226 and by each of the state resource centers established under chapter 222.
j. Advise the administrator, the council on human services, the governor, and the general assembly on budgets and appropriations concerning disability services.
k. Coordinate activities with the governor's developmental disabilities council.
l. Establish standards for the provision under medical assistance of individual case management services. The commission shall determine whether to grant, deny, or revoke the accreditation of the services.
m. Identify model eligibility guidelines for disability services.
n. Identify basic disability services for planning purposes.
o. Prepare five-year plans based upon the county management plans developed pursuant to section 331.439.
p. Work with other state agencies on coordinating, collaborating, and communicating concerning activities involving persons with disabilities.
2. Notwithstanding section 217.3, subsection 6, the commission may adopt the rules authorized by subsection 1, pursuant to chapter 17A, without prior review and approval of those rules by the council on human services.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 225B.4, 225B.7; C79, 81, § 225B.3(2); S81, § 225C.5; 81 Acts, ch 78, § 6, 20]
83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 88 Acts, ch 1245, § 1; 94 Acts, ch 1170, §15; 98 Acts, ch 1181, §15; 99 Acts, ch 160, §4, 5; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51; 2001 Acts, ch 74, § 14; 2001 Acts, ch 155, §28
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