House Amendment 8183 PAG LIN 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 1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter 1 8 to 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. 1 12 2. The county single entry point process 1 13 administrator shall develop a plan for addressing 1 14 emergency examinations and placements made under this 1 15 chapter. The plan shall be developed in consultation 1 16 with representatives of the community mental health 1 17 centers and hospitals providing emergency services in 1 18 that county. The plan shall include but is not 1 19 limited to a process for the administrator or the 1 20 administrator's designee to provide the court with a 1 21 placement recommendation as required by this chapter.> 1 22 1 23 1 24 1 25 SMITH of Marshall 1 26 HF 2473.701 80 1 27 jp/gg 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35 1 36 1 37 1 38 1 39 1 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 1 44 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-