House Study Bill 620 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED ATTORNEY
                                            GENERAL BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to adjudications of persons with mental illness
  2    and providing an effective date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5234DP 82
  5 rh/rj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 229.24, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  All Except as otherwise provided in this section, all
  1  4 papers and records pertaining to any involuntary
  1  5 hospitalization or application for involuntary hospitalization
  1  6 of any person under this chapter, whether part of the
  1  7 permanent record of the court or of a file in the department
  1  8 of human services, are subject to inspection only upon an
  1  9 order of the court for good cause shown.  Nothing in this
  1 10 section shall prohibit a hospital from complying with the
  1 11 requirements of this chapter and of chapter 230 relative to
  1 12 financial responsibility for the cost of care and treatment
  1 13 provided a patient in that hospital, nor from properly billing
  1 14 any responsible relative or third=party payer for such care
  1 15 and treatment.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 229.24, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1 17 the following new paragraph:
  1 18    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  The clerk of the district court shall
  1 19 provide to the department of public safety notice of all
  1 20 adjudications of persons by reason of serious mental
  1 21 impairment under this chapter.  This notice shall only be used
  1 22 by the department to submit information to the national
  1 23 instant criminal background system maintained by the federal
  1 24 bureau of investigation and shall otherwise remain
  1 25 confidential.
  1 26    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect January 1,
  1 27 2009.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill relates to adjudications of persons with mental
  1 30 illness and provides a delayed effective date.
  1 31    The bill requires the clerk of the district court to
  1 32 provide to the department of public safety notice of all
  1 33 adjudications of persons by reason of serious mental
  1 34 impairment under Code chapter 229.  This notice shall only be
  1 35 used by the department to submit information to the national
  2  1 instant criminal background system maintained by the federal
  2  2 bureau of investigation.
  2  3    The bill takes effect January 1, 2009.
  2  4 LSB 5234DP 82
  2  5 rh/rj/5.1