House File 2578 H-8327 Amend House File 2578 as follows: 1 1. Page 40, line 29, by striking < 15,613,624 > and inserting 2 < 17,764,975 > 3 2. Page 40, line 35, by striking < 19,688,928 > and inserting 4 < 21,577,968 > 5 3. Page 44, line 21, by striking < 15,342,189 > and inserting 6 < 15,537,677 > 7 4. Page 79, after line 8 by inserting: 8 < DIVISION ___ 9 STATE INTENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC UNITS 10 Sec. ___. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES —— STATE INTENSIVE 11 PSYCHIATRIC UNITS. 12 1. The department of human services shall establish, at the 13 state mental health institutes, intensive psychiatric units 14 for adults with certain mental health and behavioral health 15 disabilities and intensive psychiatric units for children 16 with certain mental health and behavioral health disabilities 17 who may benefit from more extensive and intensive mental and 18 behavioral health treatment services with the goal of providing 19 a higher acuity of care for such persons. 20 2. Each intensive psychiatric unit shall have a minimum 21 of twelve residential service beds to be used by adults and 22 children with the highest acuity level of needs at the mental 23 health institute where the intensive psychiatric unit is 24 established, but the mental health institute may use the beds 25 for persons with lower-level acuity needs if beds are otherwise 26 available within an intensive psychiatric unit. 27 3. The department of human services shall collect data 28 necessary to determine the effectiveness of each intensive 29 psychiatric unit. Four years after the department determines 30 an intensive psychiatric unit is operational, the department 31 shall submit a report to the chairpersons and ranking members 32 of the joint appropriations subcommittee on health and human 33 services with details on the effectiveness of the intensive 34 psychiatric units and recommendations for such units. Such 35 -1- HF 2578.4144 (3) 89 pf/rn 1/ 2 #1. #2. #3. #4.
details shall include but not be limited to the impact the 1 intensive psychiatric units have on community mental health 2 facilities and emergency departments in this state. No later 3 than one year from the date the department submits its report, 4 the legislature shall determine whether to continue operations 5 of the intensive psychiatric units based on the efficacy and 6 feasibility for continued use of such units. > 7 5. By renumbering as necessary. 8 ______________________________ FORBES of Polk -2- HF 2578.4144 (3) 89 pf/rn 2/ 2 #5.