Bill Text: IA SF401 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to subacute care facilities. (Formerly SSB 1240.) Effective 7-1-15.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-04-24 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 932. [SF401 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF401-Introduced.html

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Senate File 401 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                     RESOURCES

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     1240)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the placement in a subacute care facility
  2    of a respondent pursuant to an application for involuntary
  3    commitment and after a hospitalization hearing.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 229.13, subsection 1, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  If the court orders evaluation and
  1  4 treatment of the respondent on an inpatient basis under this
  1  5 section, the court may order the respondent placed under the
  1  6 care of an appropriate subacute care facility licensed under
  1  7 chapter 135G.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 229.14, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended
  1  9 by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 10    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  If the court orders placement and
  1 11 treatment of the respondent on an inpatient basis under this
  1 12 section, the court may order the respondent placed under the
  1 13 care of an appropriate subacute care facility licensed under
  1 14 chapter 135G.
  1 15    Sec. 3.  DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS AND APPEALS ==
  1 16 RULES.  The administrative rules adopted by the department of
  1 17 inspections and appeals relating to eligibility requirements
  1 18 for individualized subacute mental health services in subacute
  1 19 care facilities licensed under chapter 135G shall allow for the
  1 20 treatment of persons involuntarily hospitalized under chapter
  1 21 229.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 24 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 25    This bill relates to the placement of a respondent against
  1 26 whom an application for involuntary commitment has been filed
  1 27 after a hospitalization hearing has been held.  The bill
  1 28 provides that a court may order a respondent to be placed,
  1 29 evaluated, and treated, on an inpatient basis, in the care of
  1 30 a subacute care facility licensed under Code chapter 135G.
  1 31 A subacute care facility is a licensed institution, place,
  1 32 building, or agency with restricted means of egress providing
  1 33 subacute mental health services for a period exceeding 24
  1 34 consecutive hours to persons in need of the services.
  1 35    The bill provides that the administrative rules adopted
  2  1 by the department of inspections and appeals relating to
  2  2 eligibility requirements for individualized subacute mental
  2  3 health services in subacute care facilities shall allow for
  2  4 the treatment of persons involuntarily hospitalized under Code
  2  5 chapter 229.
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