House Amendment 1292 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 234 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 3 clause and inserting the following: 1 4 <Sec. . MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS == VETERANS. 1 5 1. The division of mental health and disability 1 6 services of the department of human services and the 1 7 division of behavioral health of the department of 1 8 public health shall coordinate with the Iowa 1 9 department of veterans affairs to maximize access to 1 10 mental health and substance abuse treatment for 1 11 veterans. 1 12 2. The department of veterans affairs shall expand 1 13 the veterans counseling program implemented in 1 14 accordance with section 35.12 to include all of the 1 15 following: 1 16 a. Provision of mental health and substance abuse 1 17 treatment services specially designed to meet the 1 18 needs of veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and 1 19 Afghanistan. 1 20 b. A contract with the department of human 1 21 services for services under the veterans counseling 1 22 program to be provided at each of the four state 1 23 mental health institutes. 1 24 c. Incorporation of financial or service need 1 25 eligibility provisions to target veterans with the 1 26 most significant unmet needs while remaining within 1 27 the funding available. 1 28 d. Coordination of benefits provided under the 1 29 counseling program with those provided to veterans 1 30 through the Equality in Health Care Coverage and 1 31 Veterans Wellness Act enacted by this Act. 1 32 3. a. Notwithstanding section 35D.18, the balance 1 33 of the Iowa veterans home annual appropriations or 1 34 revenues in excess of $1,000,000 that remains 1 35 unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal 1 36 year beginning July 1, 2008, shall be transferred to a 1 37 veterans home account which shall be created in the 1 38 veterans trust fund. 1 39 b. There is appropriated from the veterans home 1 40 account in the veterans trust fund to the department 1 41 of veterans affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1 42 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010, $1,000,000, to be 1 43 used for expansion of the veterans counseling program 1 44 in accordance with this section. 1 45 4. This section of this Act, being deemed of 1 46 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.> 1 47 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and 1 48 inserting the following: <An Act relating to veterans 1 49 services, providing an appropriation, and providing an 1 50 effective date>. 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 TYMESON of Madison 2 5 HF 234.202 83 2 6 jp/sc/11729 -1-