House
File
230
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
230
BY
GARRETT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
regionalization
of
county
mental
health
and
1
disability
services
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.389,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
counties
comprising
the
region
are
contiguous
except
3
that
a
region
may
include
a
county
that
is
not
contiguous
with
4
any
of
the
other
counties
in
the
region,
if
the
county
that
is
5
not
contiguous
has
had
a
formal
relationship
for
two
years
or
6
longer
with
one
or
more
of
the
other
counties
in
the
region
for
7
the
provision
of
mental
health
and
disability
services
.
8
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
9
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
10
EXPLANATION
11
This
bill
relates
to
regionalization
of
county
mental
health
12
and
disability
services
(MH/DS).
13
Code
section
331.389,
relating
to
the
criteria
for
county
14
agreements
to
form
MH/DS
regions,
is
amended
to
provide
an
15
exception
from
the
requirement
that
the
counties
comprising
a
16
region
must
be
contiguous.
The
exception
allows
a
region
to
17
include
a
county
that
is
not
contiguous
with
the
other
counties
18
in
the
region.
The
county
that
is
not
contiguous
must
have
had
19
a
formal
relationship
for
two
years
or
longer
with
one
or
more
20
of
the
other
counties
in
the
region
for
the
provision
of
MH/DS.
21
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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