Senate File 2251 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2251 BY EDLER A BILL FOR An Act relating to the psychiatric bed tracking system. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 5780XS (3) 87 hb/rh
S.F. 2251 Section 1. PSYCHIATRIC BED TRACKING SYSTEM. 1 1. The department of human services shall amend its 2 administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A to require the 3 state mental health institutes and hospitals licensed to 4 provide inpatient psychiatric treatment required to participate 5 in the psychiatric bed tracking system to report the acuity 6 of disability the hospital or facility is able to accept and 7 treat in its program for each reporting period. The department 8 shall establish the measure of acuity and include mental 9 health, mental disability, behavioral health, substance use 10 disorder, and other related categories. The lowest category 11 shall represent the lowest acuity of disability. The highest 12 category shall represent the highest acuity of disability. 13 2. The department shall coordinate with the department of 14 public health and other departments as determined necessary or 15 appropriate, to study expanding or procuring and implementing 16 enhancements to the inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system 17 that can accept real-time electronic data, from the state 18 mental health institutes and hospitals licensed to provide 19 inpatient psychiatric treatment required to participate in the 20 system. The department shall report on the progress of the 21 study to the governor and the general assembly by December 15, 22 2018. 23 Sec. 2. PSYCHIATRIC PROVIDERS —— REIMBURSEMENT RATES. 24 The department shall collaborate with Medicaid managed care 25 organizations to research the feasibility and implementation of 26 real-time reimbursement for providers of inpatient psychiatric 27 hospital services. The department shall report the results of 28 such research to the governor and general assembly by December 29 15, 2018. 30 EXPLANATION 31 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 32 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 33 This bill directs the department of human services to 34 amend its administrative rules pursuant to Code chapter 17A 35 -1- LSB 5780XS (3) 87 hb/rh 1/ 2
S.F. 2251 to require the state mental health institutes and hospitals 1 licensed to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment required to 2 participate in the psychiatric bed tracking system to report 3 the acuity of disability the hospital or facility is able to 4 accept and treat in its program for each reporting period. The 5 department is required to establish the measure of acuity and 6 include mental health, mental disability, behavioral health, 7 substance use disorder, and other related categories. The 8 lowest category shall represent the lowest acuity level, and 9 the highest category shall represent the highest acuity level. 10 The bill directs the department to coordinate with the 11 department of public health and other departments as determined 12 necessary or appropriate to study expanding or procuring and 13 implementing enhancements to the inpatient psychiatric bed 14 tracking system that can accept real-time electronic data from 15 the state mental health institutes and hospitals licensed to 16 provide inpatient psychiatric treatment required to participate 17 in the system. The bill requires the department to report 18 on the progress of the study to the governor and the general 19 assembly by December 15, 2018. 20 The bill further directs the department to collaborate with 21 Medicaid managed care organizations to research the feasibility 22 and implementation of real-time reimbursement for providers of 23 inpatient psychiatric hospital services. The department shall 24 report the results of such research to the governor and general 25 assembly by December 15, 2018. 26 -2- LSB 5780XS (3) 87 hb/rh 2/ 2