Senate File 2144 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY WARNSTADT (COMPANION TO LSB 5687HH BY WENDT) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act addressing county=related mental health, mental 2 retardation, and developmental disabilities services provided 3 in a state mental health institute or a hospital. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5687SS 81 6 jp/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 226.7, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 If the district court commits a patient to a state mental 1 4 health institute and a bed for the patient is not available, 1 5 the institute shall assist the court in locating an 1 6 alternative placement for the patient. The department of 1 7 human services shall ensure that a state mental health 1 8 institute maintains sufficient psychiatric bed capacity for 1 9 the institute to be able to accept at least the number of 1 10 district court commitments and central point of coordination 1 11 referrals made to the institute during the course of a typical 1 12 fiscal year. "Typical fiscal year" means the average of the 1 13 sum of such commitments and referrals made over the preceding 1 14 five fiscal years. 1 15 Sec. 2. Section 331.439, subsection 9, Code Supplement 1 16 2005, is amended by striking the subsection. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 This bill relates to county=related mental health services 1 19 provided in a hospital or a state mental health institute. 1 20 Code section 226.7, relating to the order for receiving 1 21 patients at a state mental health institute, is amended. The 1 22 bill requires the department of human services to ensure that 1 23 a state mental health institute maintains sufficient 1 24 psychiatric bed capacity for the institute to accept at least 1 25 the number of district court commitments and county central 1 26 point of coordination referrals made to the institute during 1 27 the course of a typical fiscal year. The bill defines the 1 28 term "typical fiscal year" to mean the average of the sum of 1 29 such commitments and referrals made over the preceding five 1 30 fiscal years. 1 31 Code section 331.439, relating to county management plans 1 32 for mental health, mental retardation, and developmental 1 33 disabilities services, is amended to strike subsection 9. The 1 34 stricken subsection requires a county management plan to 1 35 designate at least one licensed hospital that the county has 2 1 contracted with to provide services covered under the plan. 2 2 If the designated hospital does not have a bed available to 2 3 provide the services, the county is responsible for the cost 2 4 of covered services provided at an alternate licensed 2 5 hospital. 2 6 LSB 5687SS 81 2 7 jp:rj/je/5