House
File
449
-
Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
449
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
263)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
12,
2015
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
development
and
initial
implementation
1
of
an
inpatient
psychiatric
bed
tracking
system
by
the
2
department
of
human
services.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
INPATIENT
PSYCHIATRIC
BED
TRACKING
SYSTEM
——
1
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES.
The
department
of
human
services
2
shall
expend
the
sum
of
two
hundred
thousand
dollars,
or
so
3
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
4
July
1,
2015,
and
ending
June
30,
2016,
to
be
used
for
the
5
development
and
initial
implementation
of
an
inpatient
6
psychiatric
bed
tracking
system
in
accordance
with
this
7
section.
8
1.
In
developing
the
requirements
for
procurement
of
the
9
system,
the
department
of
human
services
shall
engage
the
10
group
of
magistrates
and
hospital
personnel
that
assisted
the
11
department
in
developing
the
hospital
bed
tracking
system
12
report
submitted
to
the
general
assembly
in
December
2013,
13
pursuant
to
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
130,
section
56.
The
14
department
shall
also
engage
other
interested
representatives,
15
including
representatives
of
the
regional
mental
health
and
16
disability
services
system,
the
state
mental
health
institutes,
17
the
Iowa
behavioral
health
association,
the
Iowa
state
18
sheriffs’
and
deputies’
association,
and
the
Iowa
association
19
of
community
providers.
The
procedural
issues
addressed
by
the
20
group
shall
include
but
are
not
limited
to
the
responsibility
21
for
data
entry
and
verification,
timeliness
of
data
entry,
22
confidentiality
requirements
associated
with
the
data
needed
to
23
ensure
the
usefulness
of
the
system,
and
key
characteristics
24
and
capacity
information
about
the
beds
in
the
system.
25
2.
The
department
shall
base
the
procurement
requirements
26
on
the
recommendation
option
contained
in
the
December
2013
27
report
that
projected
the
lowest
annual
maintenance
and
28
operating
costs
rather
than
the
other
option.
29
3.
Upon
a
court-ordered
mental
health
commitment
of
an
adult
30
or
a
child,
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
shall
utilize
the
31
electronic
tracking
system,
once
in
place,
to
enter
information
32
into
the
system
relating
to
the
court
order,
check
the
database
33
for
the
availability
of
open
inpatient
psychiatric
hospital
34
beds,
and,
if
available,
reserve
the
inpatient
psychiatric
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hospital
bed
in
the
facility
or
institution
to
which
a
patient
1
who
is
the
subject
of
the
mental
health
commitment
order
should
2
be
assigned.
Once
reserved,
the
bed
cannot
be
assigned
to
any
3
other
person.
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