Bill Text: IA HSB535 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act modifying duties to prescribe practices and procedures for implementation of a preapplication screening assessment program relating to the involuntary commitment or treatment of a person with a substance-related disorder.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2020-02-12 - Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 264. [HSB535 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HSB535-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
535
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
LUNDGREN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
duties
to
prescribe
practices
and
procedures
1
for
implementation
of
a
preapplication
screening
assessment
2
program
relating
to
the
involuntary
commitment
or
treatment
3
of
a
person
with
a
substance-related
disorder.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
125.74,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
125.74
Preapplication
screening
assessment
——
program.
3
Prior
to
filing
an
application
pursuant
to
section
125.75
,
4
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
or
the
clerk’s
designee
shall
5
inform
the
interested
person
referred
to
in
section
125.75
6
about
the
option
of
requesting
a
preapplication
screening
7
assessment
through
a
preapplication
screening
assessment
8
program,
if
available.
The
state
court
administrator
shall
9
prescribe
practices
and
procedures
for
implementation
of
the
10
preapplication
screening
assessment
program.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
602.1209,
subsection
16,
Code
2020,
is
12
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
Code
section
125.74
provides
that
prior
to
filing
an
17
application
for
the
involuntary
commitment
or
treatment
of
a
18
person
with
a
substance-related
disorder
or
for
the
involuntary
19
hospitalization
of
a
person,
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
or
20
the
clerk’s
designee
shall
inform
the
interested
person
about
21
the
option
of
requesting
a
preapplication
screening
assessment
22
through
a
preapplication
screening
assessment
program,
if
23
available.
This
bill
strikes
provisions
requiring
the
state
24
court
administrator
to
prescribe
practices
and
procedures
for
25
the
implementation
of
such
a
program.
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