House
Study
Bill
617
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
MEYER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
transport
of
patients
to
mental
health
1
access
centers
by
an
ambulance.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
147A.19
Transport
to
mental
health
1
access
centers.
2
A
service
program
may
provide
ambulance
service
to
transport
3
a
person
experiencing
a
mental
health
crisis
to
a
mental
health
4
access
center.
5
Sec.
2.
AMBULANCE
TRANSPORT
TO
MENTAL
HEALTH
ACCESS
CENTERS
6
——
BILLING.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
7
authorize
payments
to
service
programs
for
the
transportation
8
of
persons
experiencing
a
mental
health
crisis
to
mental
health
9
access
centers
in
amounts
similar
to
payments
authorized
10
for
the
transportation
of
persons
to
hospital
emergency
11
departments.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
relates
to
the
transportation
of
persons
by
16
ambulance
service
programs.
The
bill
allows
an
ambulance
17
service
program
to
transport
a
person
experiencing
a
mental
18
health
crisis
to
a
mental
health
access
center.
The
bill
19
directs
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
to
20
authorize
payments
to
service
programs
for
the
transportation
21
of
persons
to
mental
health
access
centers
in
amounts
similar
22
to
payments
authorized
for
the
transportation
of
persons
to
23
hospital
emergency
departments.
24
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