House Resolution 118 - Introduced

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                                    H.R. ________ S.R. ________


  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2            BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
  1  3                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 727)
  1  4 A Resolution requesting the legislative council to
  1  5    authorize a study committee for the 2008 interim to
  1  6    review Iowa's system of mental health patient
  1  7    advocates appointed by the courts.
  1  8    WHEREAS, the mental health patient advocates
  1  9 appointed by the courts provide a valuable service in
  1 10 providing a competent, independent review to the court
  1 11 of the situations of patients hospitalized with a
  1 12 mental illness or serious mental impairment; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, the patient advocates are primarily
  1 14 appointed by the chief judge of each judicial district
  1 15 while the costs for an advocate are paid by the
  1 16 patient's county of legal settlement and questions
  1 17 have been raised as to whether this is the best
  1 18 approach for funding and supporting the patient
  1 19 advocates; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 20    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1 21 That the legislative council is requested to authorize
  1 22 a study committee for the 2008 interim to review the
  1 23 system for mental health patient advocates in order to
  1 24 provide recommendations for the best means for funding
  1 25 and supporting the system.
  1 26 LSB 6360HV 82
  1 27 jp/rj/8