House
File
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
2222
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2073)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
February
24,
2020
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
a
determination
of
the
availability
of
1
mental
health
services
in
the
state
including
the
value
of
2
pursuing
a
Medicaid
institutions
for
mental
diseases
waiver,
3
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
STUDY
AND
REPORT
OF
MEDICAID
INSTITUTIONS
FOR
1
MENTAL
DISEASES
WAIVER
AND
THE
AVAILABILITY
OF
MENTAL
HEALTH
2
SERVICES.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
conduct
a
3
statewide
study
of
the
current
availability
of
mental
health
4
services
in
the
state.
The
study
will
research
and
evaluate
5
the
current
availability
of
mental
health
services
across
the
6
continuum
of
care
and
the
potential
value
of
pursuing
a
section
7
1115
demonstration
waiver
as
specified
in
section
12003
of
the
8
federal
21st
Century
Cures
Act,
Pub.
L.
No.
114-255,
to
provide
9
for
reimbursement
for
services
provided
in
settings
that
10
qualify
as
institutions
for
mental
diseases.
The
department
11
shall
submit
a
final
report
of
the
results
of
the
study
to
the
12
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
February
15,
2021.
13
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
14
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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