House
File
382
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
382
BY
DUNWELL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
expansion
of
bed
capacities
at
state
1
mental
health
institutes,
providing
for
an
appropriation,
2
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
EXPANSION
OF
BED
1
CAPACITY
AT
MENTAL
HEALTH
INSTITUTES.
There
is
appropriated
2
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
health
3
and
human
services
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2023,
4
and
ending
June
30,
2024,
an
amount
necessary
to
be
used
for
5
the
purposes
of
expanding
bed
capacity
at
the
state
mental
6
health
institute
at
Cherokee
by
an
additional
twelve
adult
beds
7
and
six
adolescent
beds,
and
expanding
the
bed
capacity
at
the
8
state
mental
health
institute
at
Independence
by
an
additional
9
twenty
adult
beds
and
eight
adolescent
beds.
Notwithstanding
10
section
8.33,
moneys
appropriated
that
remain
unencumbered
or
11
unobligated
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
12
but
shall
remain
available
for
expenditure
for
the
purposes
13
designated
until
the
close
of
the
succeeding
fiscal
year.
14
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
15
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
appropriates
moneys
to
the
department
of
health
20
and
human
services
for
FY
2023-2024
an
amount
necessary
to
21
expand
the
bed
capacity
of
the
mental
health
institute
at
22
Cherokee
by
an
additional
12
adult
beds
and
6
adolescent
23
beds,
and
to
expand
the
bed
capacity
of
the
mental
health
24
institute
at
Independence
by
an
additional
20
adult
beds
and
8
25
adolescent
beds.
Moneys
appropriated
that
remain
unencumbered
26
or
unobligated
at
the
close
of
the
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
27
but
shall
remain
available
for
expenditure
for
the
purposes
28
designated
until
the
close
of
the
succeeding
fiscal
year.
29
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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