House
File
2379
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
CRISIS
STABILIZATION
PROGRAMS
AUTHORIZED
BY
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
225C.19A
Crisis
stabilization
programs.
The
department
shall
accredit,
certify,
or
apply
standards
of
review
to
authorize
the
operation
of
crisis
stabilization
programs.
In
authorizing
the
operation
of
a
crisis
stabilization
program,
the
department
shall
apply
the
relevant
requirements
for
an
emergency
mental
health
crisis
services
provider
and
system
under
section
225C.19.
A
program
authorized
to
operate
under
this
section
is
not
required
to
be
licensed
under
chapter
135B,
135C,
or
135G,
or
certified
under
chapter
231C.
The
commission
shall
adopt
rules
to
implement
this
section.
The
department
shall
accept
accreditation
of
a
crisis
stabilization
program
by
a
national
accrediting
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organization
in
lieu
of
applying
the
rules
adopted
in
accordance
with
this
section
to
the
program.
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
PAM
JOCHUM
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2379,
Eighty-fifth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2014
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor