House File 257 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 257 BY BRECKENRIDGE , M. SMITH , McCONKEY , FORBES , STAED , KEARNS , MASCHER , BEARINGER , OURTH , NIELSEN , STECKMAN , RUNNING-MARQUARDT , HEDDENS , and HEATON A BILL FOR An Act relating to facilities licensed to provide inpatient 1 psychiatric treatment and services and the psychiatric bed 2 tracking system. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2129YH (3) 87 hb/rh
H.F. 257 Section 1. DIRECTIVE TO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES —— 1 PSYCHIATRIC BED TRACKING SYSTEM. The department of human 2 services shall amend its administrative rules pursuant to 3 chapter 17A to require the state mental health institutes 4 and hospitals licensed to provide inpatient psychiatric 5 treatment and services to participate in the psychiatric bed 6 tracking system and to report the number of beds available for 7 persons with a co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse 8 disorder. 9 EXPLANATION 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 11 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 12 This bill relates to facilities licensed to provide 13 inpatient psychiatric treatment and services and the 14 psychiatric bed tracking system. The bill directs the 15 department of human services to amend its administrative rules 16 to require the state mental health institutes and hospitals 17 licensed to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment and 18 services to participate in the psychiatric bed tracking system 19 and to report the number of beds available for persons with a 20 co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorder. 21 -1- LSB 2129YH (3) 87 hb/rh 1/ 1