House Amendment 1221 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 234 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, line 2, by striking the words <AND 1 3 VETERANS WELLNESS>. 1 4 #2. Page 1, line 4, by striking the words <and 1 5 Veterans Wellness>. 1 6 #3. Page 2, by striking lines 22 through 27. 1 7 #4. Page 3, by inserting after line 1 the 1 8 following: 1 9 <Sec. . MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS == VETERANS. 1 10 1. The division of mental health and disability 1 11 services of the department of human services and the 1 12 division of behavioral health of the department of 1 13 public health shall coordinate with the Iowa 1 14 department of veterans affairs to maximize access to 1 15 mental health and substance abuse treatment for 1 16 veterans. 1 17 2. The department of veterans affairs shall expand 1 18 the veterans counseling program implemented in 1 19 accordance with section 35.12 to include all of the 1 20 following: 1 21 a. Provision of mental health and substance abuse 1 22 treatment services specially designed to meet the 1 23 needs of veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and 1 24 Afghanistan. 1 25 b. A contract with the department of human 1 26 services for services under the veterans counseling 1 27 program to be provided at each of the four state 1 28 mental health institutes. 1 29 c. Incorporation of financial or service need 1 30 eligibility provisions to target veterans with the 1 31 most significant unmet needs while remaining within 1 32 the funding available. 1 33 d. Coordination of benefits provided under the 1 34 counseling program with those provided to veterans 1 35 through the Equality in Health Care Coverage and 1 36 Veterans Wellness Act enacted by this Act. 1 37 3. a. Notwithstanding section 35D.18, the balance 1 38 of the Iowa veterans home annual appropriations or 1 39 revenues in excess of $1,000,000 that remains 1 40 unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal 1 41 year beginning July 1, 2008, shall be transferred to a 1 42 veterans home account which shall be created in the 1 43 veterans trust fund. 1 44 b. There is appropriated from the veterans home 1 45 account in the veterans trust fund to the department 1 46 of veterans affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1 47 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010, $1,000,000, to be 1 48 used for expansion of the veterans counseling program 1 49 in accordance with this section. 1 50 4. This section of this Act, being deemed of 2 1 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.> 2 2 #5. Title page, line 3, by inserting after the 2 3 word <services> the following: <and veterans 2 4 services, providing an appropriation, and providing an 2 5 effective date>. 2 6 #6. By renumbering as necessary. 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 TYMESON of Madison 2 11 HF 234.305 83 2 12 jp/nh/11726 -1-