House File 2195

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  D. OLSON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to region and grant requirements for the
  2    comprehensive substance abuse treatment program administered
  3    by the Iowa department of public health.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5344YH 80
  6 jp/cf/24

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 125.12, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  The commission shall review a comprehensive and co=
  1  4 ordinated coordinated program for the treatment of substance
  1  5 abusers, chronic substance abusers, intoxicated persons, and
  1  6 concerned family members.  Subject to the review of the
  1  7 commission, the director shall divide the state into
  1  8 appropriate regions for the conduct of the program and
  1  9 establish standards for the development of the program on the
  1 10 regional level.  In establishing the regions, consideration
  1 11 shall be given to city and county lines, population
  1 12 concentrations, and existing substance abuse treatment
  1 13 services.  In determining the regions, the director is not
  1 14 required to follow the regional map as prepared by the former
  1 15 office for planning and programming.  The program is subject
  1 16 to all of the following:
  1 17    a.  The regions shall be periodically reviewed and revised
  1 18 to reflect demographic changes and to deliver treatment
  1 19 services in a manner which serves the persons participating in
  1 20 the program as close to the persons' communities as is
  1 21 reasonable.  The review and revision shall be repeated at
  1 22 least every ten years.
  1 23    b.  A region may consist of a single county.
  1 24    c.  A program grant may be awarded to more than one program
  1 25 within a region.
  1 26    d.  Prior to awarding grants for a new grant authorization
  1 27 period, the director shall solicit and give equal
  1 28 consideration to all grant applications received.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill relates to region and grant requirements for the
  1 31 comprehensive substance abuse program administered by the Iowa
  1 32 department of public health.
  1 33    Current law, in Code section 125.12, requires the director
  1 34 of public health, subject to the review of the commission on
  1 35 substance abuse, to designate the comprehensive program's
  2  1 regions based upon consideration of various factors.
  2  2    The bill requires the regions to be periodically reviewed
  2  3 and revised in order to serve participants as close to the
  2  4 participants' communities as is reasonable; allows a region to
  2  5 consist of a single county; allows grants to be issued to more
  2  6 than one program within a region; and requires solicitation
  2  7 and equal consideration of new applications prior to a new
  2  8 grant authorization period.
  2  9 LSB 5344YH 80
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