House
File
421
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
421
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
73)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
facilities
providing
care
for
persons
1
with
mental
illness
including
providing
for
the
transfer
2
of
dangerous
persons
with
mental
illness
from
a
hospital
3
for
persons
with
mental
illness
to
the
Iowa
medical
and
4
classification
center.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
218.1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
218.1
Institutions
controlled.
3
The
director
of
human
services
shall
have
the
general
and
4
full
authority
given
under
statute
to
control,
manage,
direct,
5
and
operate
the
following
institutions
under
the
director’s
6
jurisdiction,
and
may
at
the
director’s
discretion
assign
7
the
powers
and
authorities
given
the
director
by
statute
to
8
any
one
of
the
deputy
directors,
division
administrators,
or
9
officers
or
employees
of
the
divisions
of
the
department
of
10
human
services:
11
1.
Glenwood
state
resource
center.
12
2.
Woodward
state
resource
center.
13
3.
Mental
health
institute,
Cherokee,
Iowa.
14
4.
Mental
health
institute,
Clarinda,
Iowa.
15
5.
4.
Mental
health
institute,
Independence,
Iowa.
16
6.
Mental
health
institute,
Mount
Pleasant,
Iowa.
17
7.
5.
State
training
school.
18
8.
6.
Iowa
juvenile
home.
19
9.
7.
Other
facilities
not
attached
to
the
campus
of
the
20
main
institution
as
program
developments
require.
21
Sec.
2.
Section
226.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
22
to
read
as
follows:
23
1.
The
state
hospitals
for
persons
with
mental
illness
shall
24
be
designated
as
follows:
25
a.
Mental
Health
Institute,
Mount
Pleasant,
Iowa.
26
b.
a.
Mental
Health
Institute,
Independence,
Iowa.
27
c.
Mental
Health
Institute,
Clarinda,
Iowa.
28
d.
b.
Mental
Health
Institute,
Cherokee,
Iowa.
29
Sec.
3.
Section
226.30,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
30
follows:
31
226.30
Transfer
of
dangerous
patients.
32
When
a
patient
of
any
hospital
for
persons
with
mental
33
illness
becomes
incorrigible
,
and
unmanageable
to
such
an
34
extent
that
the
patient
is
dangerous
to
the
safety
of
others
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in
the
hospital,
the
administrator
,
with
the
consent
of
the
1
director
of
the
Iowa
department
of
corrections,
may
apply
in
2
writing
to
the
district
court
or
to
any
judge
thereof,
of
the
3
county
in
which
the
hospital
is
situated,
for
an
order
to
4
transfer
the
patient
to
the
Iowa
medical
and
classification
5
center
and
if
the
order
is
granted
the
patient
shall
be
so
6
transferred.
The
county
attorney
of
the
county
shall
appear
in
7
support
of
the
application
on
behalf
of
the
administrator.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
Under
current
law,
when
a
patient
of
a
state
mental
health
12
institute
in
Iowa
becomes
incorrigible
and
unmanageable
to
such
13
an
extent
that
the
patient
is
dangerous
to
the
safety
of
others
14
in
the
hospital,
the
administrator
may
apply
to
the
court
15
in
writing
for
an
order
to
transfer
the
patient
to
the
Iowa
16
medical
and
classification
center.
“Administrator”
is
defined
17
as
the
person
assigned
by
the
director
of
human
services
to
18
control
the
state
mental
health
institutes.
19
This
bill
amends
current
law
to
require
the
administrator
20
to
obtain
the
consent
of
the
director
of
the
Iowa
department
21
of
corrections
prior
to
applying
for
an
order
to
transfer
a
22
patient
to
the
Iowa
medical
and
classification
center.
23
The
bill
strikes
Code
references
to
the
state
mental
health
24
institutes
previously
located
in
Clarinda
and
Mount
Pleasant
25
due
to
the
closure
of
both
facilities
on
June
30,
2015.
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