House
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
TRANSPORT
OF
PATIENTS
TO
MENTAL
HEALTH
ACCESS
CENTERS
BY
AN
AMBULANCE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
147A.19
Transport
to
mental
health
access
centers.
A
service
program
may
provide
ambulance
service
to
transport
a
person
experiencing
a
mental
health
crisis
to
a
mental
health
access
center.
Sec.
2.
AMBULANCE
TRANSPORT
TO
MENTAL
HEALTH
ACCESS
CENTERS
——
BILLING.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
authorize
payments
to
service
programs
for
the
transportation
of
persons
experiencing
a
mental
health
crisis
to
mental
health
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access
centers
in
amounts
similar
to
payments
authorized
for
the
transportation
of
persons
to
hospital
emergency
departments.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2397,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor