House File 2376 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2376 BY OLDSON and ANDERSON (COMPANION TO SF 2244 BY MCCOY) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the transfer of the mental health and 1 disability services regions to the department of public 2 health. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5958YH (2) 87 hb/rj

H.F. 2376 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES —— TRANSFER OF 1 MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES REGIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT 2 OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 3 1. Beginning July 1, 2018, the director of human services 4 shall work with the director of public health to transfer the 5 duties of the department of human services regarding the mental 6 health and disability services regions to the department of 7 public health effective July 1, 2019. 8 2. Any contract entered into by the department of human 9 services in matters related to the mental health and disability 10 services regions in effect at the conclusion of the fiscal year 11 beginning July 1, 2018, shall continue in full force and effect 12 pending transfer of such contracts to the department of public 13 health. 14 3. Any rule, regulation, form, order, or directive 15 promulgated by the department of human services regarding the 16 mental health and disability services regions in existence at 17 the conclusion of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, shall 18 continue in full force and effect until amended, repealed, or 19 supplemented by affirmative action of the department of public 20 health. 21 4. With regard to updating references and format in the Iowa 22 administrative code in order to correspond to the transferring 23 of the duties related to the mental health and disability 24 services region from the department of human services to 25 the department of public health, the administrative rules 26 coordinator and the administrative rules review committee, in 27 consultation with the administrative code editor, shall jointly 28 develop a schedule for the necessary updating of the Iowa 29 administrative code. 30 5. The director of human services, in cooperation with the 31 director of public health, pursuant to section 2.16, shall 32 prepare draft legislation for submission to the legislative 33 services agency, as necessary, for consideration by the general 34 assembly during the 2019 legislative session, necessary to 35 -1- LSB 5958YH (2) 87 hb/rj 1/ 2

H.F. 2376 complete the transfer of its duties related to the mental 1 health and disability services regions to the department of 2 public health effective July 1, 2019. 3 EXPLANATION 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 5 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 This bill provides for the transfer of duties related to the 7 mental health and disability services (MHDS) regions from the 8 department of human services (DHS) to the department of public 9 health (DPH) and directs the director of human services to 10 work with the director of public health to transfer the duties 11 related to MHDS regions effective July 1, 2019. The bill 12 directs DPH to assume the duties related to the MHDS regions. 13 The bill provides that any contract entered into by DHS in 14 relation to MHDS regions in effect at the conclusion of the 15 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, shall continue in full 16 force and effect pending transfer of such contracts to DPH. 17 Additionally, any rule, regulation, form, order, or directive 18 promulgated by DHS relating to MHDS regions in existence at the 19 conclusion of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, shall 20 continue in full force and effect until amended, repealed, or 21 supplemented by affirmative action of DPH. With regard to 22 updating references and format in the Iowa administrative code 23 in order to correspond to the transferring of duties to DPH, 24 the administrative rules coordinator and the administrative 25 rules review committee, in consultation with the administrative 26 code editor, shall jointly develop a schedule for the necessary 27 updating of the Iowa administrative code. Finally, the 28 director of human services, along with the director of public 29 health and in compliance with Code section 2.16, is required 30 to prepare draft legislation for submission to the legislative 31 services agency, for consideration by the general assembly 32 during the 2019 legislative session, necessary to implement the 33 transition of duties related to MHDS regions to DPH, effective 34 July 1, 2019. 35 -2- LSB 5958YH (2) 87 hb/rj 2/ 2