Senate Amendment 5024


PAG LIN

     1  1    Amend Senate File 2088 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 186, line 28, by striking <a quarterly> and
     1  3 inserting <an annual>
     1  4 #2.  By striking page 207, line 7, through page 210,
     1  5 line 16, and inserting:
     1  6 <Sec. ___.  SHIFTING OF PROGRAMS AT STATE MENTAL
     1  7 HEALTH INSTITUTES.
     1  8    1.  The department of human services shall commence
     1  9 all of the following during the fiscal year beginning
     1 10 July 1, 2010:
     1 11    a.  Shifting the program for juveniles from
     1 12 the Cherokee state mental health institute to the
     1 13 Independence state mental health institute.
     1 14    b.  Shifting the adult psychiatric program from the
     1 15 Clarinda state mental health institute to the Cherokee
     1 16 state mental health institute.
     1 17    c.  Shifting the gero=psychiatric program from
     1 18 the Clarinda state mental health institute to one or
     1 19 more other locations where quality services can be
     1 20 provided under the program in a cost=effective manner.
     1 21 In implementing this paragraph, the department shall
     1 22 consider all of the following:
     1 23    (1)  Developing the program to operate in smaller
     1 24 separate units and taking other measures to enable
     1 25 the program to qualify for medical assistance program
     1 26 funding.
     1 27    (2)  Possible program locations at the Glenwood
     1 28 state resource center, a local hospital or health care
     1 29 facility with suitable available space, or the Iowa
     1 30 veterans home.
     1 31    2.  The department of human services shall work with
     1 32 the affected patients and their families and advocates,
     1 33 the department of corrections and other state agencies
     1 34 involved, affected state employees, counties and other
     1 35 units of local government, and other stakeholders
     1 36 in order to minimize any adverse impacts that could
     1 37 result from the shifting of programs in accordance with
     1 38 subsection 1.
     1 39    3.  The department of human services may adopt
     1 40 administrative rules under section 17A.4, subsection
     1 41 2, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", to
     1 42 implement the provisions of this section and the rules
     1 43 shall become effective immediately upon filing or on a
     1 44 later effective date specified in the rules, unless the
     1 45 effective date is delayed by the administrative rules
     1 46 review committee.  Any rules adopted in accordance
     1 47 with this subsection shall not take effect before
     1 48 the rules are reviewed by the administrative rules
     1 49 review committee.  The delay authority provided to the
     1 50 administrative rules review committee under section
     2  1 17A.4, subsection 5, and section 17A.8, subsection
     2  2 9, shall be applicable to a delay imposed under this
     2  3 subsection, notwithstanding a provision in those
     2  4 sections making them inapplicable to section 17A.5,
     2  5 subsection 2, paragraph "b".  Any rules adopted in
     2  6 accordance with the provisions of this subsection
     2  7 shall also be published as notice of intended action as
     2  8 provided in section 17A.4.
     2  9    4.  The department of human services shall propose
     2 10 legislation in accordance with section 2.16 to provide
     2 11 any amendments to permanent law necessary to reflect
     2 12 the program changes made pursuant to this section.>
     2 13 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.


                                        
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