House File 2377 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  H. MILLER


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to employment support for persons with mental
  2    illness or mental retardation by requiring the department of
  3    human services to review such support.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5550HH 82
  6 jp/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL
  1  2 ILLNESS OR MENTAL RETARDATION.
  1  3    1.  The division of mental health and disability services
  1  4 of the department of human services shall review programs,
  1  5 services, and other support available to engage and maintain
  1  6 persons with mental illness or mental retardation in
  1  7 employment.  The review shall analyze the outcomes of the
  1  8 existing support and identify options for improving the
  1  9 outcomes by providing additional support for such persons in
  1 10 finding and maintaining jobs.
  1 11    2.  The division shall work with designees of the mental
  1 12 health, mental retardation, developmental disabilities, and
  1 13 brain injury commission, the Iowa state association of
  1 14 counties, the governor's developmental disabilities council,
  1 15 the center for disabilities and development of the university
  1 16 of Iowa hospitals and clinics, the alliance for the mentally
  1 17 ill of Iowa, and other public and private agency experts on
  1 18 employment support for persons with mental illness or mental
  1 19 retardation.
  1 20    3.  The division shall report on or before December 15,
  1 21 2008, to the governor and general assembly concerning the
  1 22 review and provide findings and recommendations.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill relates to employment support for persons with
  1 25 mental illness or mental retardation by requiring the division
  1 26 of mental health and disability services of the department of
  1 27 human services to review such support and identify options for
  1 28 improving outcomes by providing additional support for such
  1 29 persons in finding and maintaining jobs.  The division is
  1 30 required to work with various public and private agency
  1 31 experts in performing the review and to report to the governor
  1 32 and general assembly on or before December 15, 2008.
  1 33 LSB 5550HH 82
  1 34 jp/nh/14