2000 Summary of Legislation ALCOHOL REGULATION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE Published by the Iowa General Assembly -- Legislative Service Bureau

ALCOHOL REGULATION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE LEGISLATION

HOUSE RESOLUTION 2014 - World Food Prize Awards Ceremony (full text of act)

   BY RANTS AND SCHRADER. This Resolution authorizes the consumption of wine at an awards ceremony to be held by the World Food Prize Foundation at the State Capitol on or around October 12, 2000.

RELATED LEGISLATION

SENATE FILE 2092 -- Substantive Code Corrections (Complete summary under STATE GOVERNMENT.)

   This Act contains statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities. The civil penalty under Code Section 123.39, applicable to holders of liquor licenses or permits for first offense violations of Code Section 123.49, subsection 2, paragraph "h," which relates to sales of alcohol to minors, is changed from $300 to $500.

SENATE FILE 2241 -- Criminal Offenses and Liquor Licensee or Permittee Regulation (Complete summary under CRIMINAL LAW, PROCEDURES & CORRECTIONS.)

   This Act permits a local authority to require certain liquor licensees and permittees who have security personnel on the premises to certify, before a liquor license or permit is issued, that the security personnel are trained in security measures which include mediation techniques, civil rights education, and proper physical restraint methods.

SENATE FILE 2243 -- Treatment Programs for Operating While Intoxicated Violators (Complete summary under CRIMINAL LAW, PROCEDURE & CORRECTIONS.)

   This Act addresses placement of institutional operating while intoxicated (OWI) offenders in community OWI programs.

SENATE FILE 2302 -- Public Health Programs and Issues (Complete summary under HEALTH & SAFETY.)

   This Act makes changes relating to programs under the purview of the Iowa Department of Public Health. The Act adds to, provides exemptions from, and corrects references to the various scheduled controlled substances. The Act requires the Commission on Substance Abuse to specifically review requests for initial licensure and renewal of licensure of a chemical substance abuse facility. The Act eliminates the requirement to inspect licensed facilities, but broadens the authority of the department to inspect any substance abuse treatment program to ensure compliance with applicable laws and rules.

SENATE FILE 2435 -- Appropriations -- Human Services (Complete summary under APPROPRIATIONS.)

   This Act makes appropriations to the Department of Human Services and includes various provisions affecting substance abuse services, including authorization for a dual diagnosis mental illness/substance abuse program at the Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute and managed care for substance abuse service coverage under Medicaid.

HOUSE FILE 2419 -- Amphetamines and Drug Paraphernalia -- Criminal Penalties (Complete summary under CRIMINAL LAW, PROCEDURE & CORRECTIONS.)

   This Act makes various changes to amphetamine-related crimes and establishes the crime of possession of drug paraphernalia.

HOUSE FILE 2437 -- Communications Between Postsecondary Schools and Students' Parents or Guardians (Complete summary under EDUCATION.)

   This Act specifically authorizes a postsecondary education institution to disclose to a parent or guardian of a student under the age of 21 years, information regarding violations of a federal, state or local law, or institutional rule or policy governing the use or possession of alcohol or a controlled substance by the student.

HOUSE FILE 2511 -- Drinking Driver Restrictions (Complete summary under CRIMINAL LAW, PROCEDURE & CORRECTIONS.)

   This Act provides that the course for drinking drivers required under Code Section 321J.22 may be taught by substance abuse treatment programs licensed under Code Chapter 125 as well as by community colleges, and requires the Department of Education to work with the substance abuse treatment programs in approving the course, creating a list of course times and dates, and maintaining course completion statistics.

HOUSE FILE 2533 -- Federal Block Grant Appropriations (Complete summary under APPROPRIATIONS.)

   This Act appropriates federal block grant and other nonstate moneys to state agencies for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2000, and ending September 30, 2001. The Act includes funding for various substance abuse programs.

HOUSE FILE 2555 -- Tobacco Settlement Fund Appropriations (Complete summary under APPROPRIATIONS.)

   This Act relates to and makes appropriations from the Tobacco Settlement Fund, including an appropriation to the Iowa Department of Public Health for additional substance abuse treatment under the Substance Abuse Treatment Program and for a Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Program, and to the Department of Corrections for the day programming and the Drug Court Program.

HOUSE FILE 2565 -- Tobacco Use Prevention and Control (Complete summary under HEALTH & SAFETY.)

   This Act creates a new Code Chapter 142A relating to tobacco use prevention and control. The Act creates a Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Division and Commission within the Iowa Department of Public Health. The commission is comprised of 10 voting members, three of whom are youth. The Act creates a Comprehensive Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Initiative that is to be implemented with the extensive involvement of youth through the use of community partnerships, and which is targeted to reduce tobacco use by youth. The Act takes effect May 15, 2000.

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