Bill Text: IA SF2244 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the transfer of the mental health and disability services regions to the department of public health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-12 - Subcommittee: Segebart, Chelgren, and Jochum. S.J. 290. [SF2244 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2244-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2244 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  McCOY

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the transfer of the mental health and
  2    disability services regions to the department of public
  3    health.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES == TRANSFER OF
  1  2 MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES REGIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT
  1  3 OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
  1  4    1.  Beginning July 1, 2018, the director of human services
  1  5 shall work with the director of public health to transfer the
  1  6 duties of the department of human services regarding the mental
  1  7 health and disability services regions to the department of
  1  8 public health effective July 1, 2019.
  1  9    2.  Any contract entered into by the department of human
  1 10 services in matters related to the mental health and disability
  1 11 services regions in effect at the conclusion of the fiscal year
  1 12 beginning July 1, 2018, shall continue in full force and effect
  1 13 pending transfer of such contracts to the department of public
  1 14 health.
  1 15    3.  Any rule, regulation, form, order, or directive
  1 16 promulgated by the department of human services regarding the
  1 17 mental health and disability services regions in existence at
  1 18 the conclusion of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, shall
  1 19 continue in full force and effect until amended, repealed, or
  1 20 supplemented by affirmative action of the department of public
  1 21 health.
  1 22    4.  With regard to updating references and format in the Iowa
  1 23 administrative code in order to correspond to the transferring
  1 24 of the duties related to the mental health and disability
  1 25 services region from the department of human services to
  1 26 the department of public health, the administrative rules
  1 27 coordinator and the administrative rules review committee, in
  1 28 consultation with the administrative code editor, shall jointly
  1 29 develop a schedule for the necessary updating of the Iowa
  1 30 administrative code.
  1 31    5.  The director of human services, in cooperation with the
  1 32 director of public health, pursuant to section 2.16, shall
  1 33 prepare draft legislation for submission to the legislative
  1 34 services agency, as necessary, for consideration by the general
  1 35 assembly during the 2019 legislative session, necessary to
  2  1 complete the transfer of its duties related to the mental
  2  2 health and disability services regions to the department of
  2  3 public health effective July 1, 2019.
  2  4                           EXPLANATION
  2  5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2  6 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2  7    This bill provides for the transfer of duties related to the
  2  8 mental health and disability services (MHDS) regions  from the
  2  9 department of human services (DHS) to the department of public
  2 10 health (DPH) and directs the director of human services to
  2 11 work with the director of public health to transfer the duties
  2 12 related to MHDS regions effective July 1, 2019.  The bill
  2 13 directs DPH to assume the duties related to the MHDS regions.
  2 14    The bill provides that any contract entered into by DHS in
  2 15 relation to MHDS regions in effect at the conclusion of the
  2 16 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, shall continue in full
  2 17 force and effect pending transfer of such contracts to DPH.
  2 18 Additionally, any rule, regulation, form, order, or directive
  2 19 promulgated by DHS relating to MHDS regions in existence at the
  2 20 conclusion of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, shall
  2 21 continue in full force and effect until amended, repealed, or
  2 22 supplemented by affirmative action of DPH.  With regard to
  2 23 updating references and format in the Iowa administrative code
  2 24 in order to correspond to the transferring of duties to DPH,
  2 25 the administrative rules coordinator and the administrative
  2 26 rules review committee, in consultation with the administrative
  2 27 code editor, shall jointly develop a schedule for the necessary
  2 28 updating of the Iowa administrative code.  Finally, the
  2 29 director of human services, along with the director of public
  2 30 health and in compliance with Code section 2.16, is required
  2 31 to prepare draft legislation for submission to the legislative
  2 32 services agency, for consideration by the general assembly
  2 33 during the 2019 legislative session, necessary to implement the
  2 34 transition of duties related to MHDS regions to DPH, effective
  2 35 July 1, 2019.
       LSB 5958XS (2) 87
       hb/rj