Bill Text: IA SF2245 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring a study and report on the establishment of a dual diagnosis treatment program for posttraumatic stress at the Iowa veterans home. (Formerly SSB 3150.) Effective 7-1-12.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-12 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 793. [SF2245 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2245-Enrolled.html
Senate
File
2245
AN
ACT
REQUIRING
A
STUDY
AND
REPORT
ON
THE
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
A
DUAL
DIAGNOSIS
TREATMENT
PROGRAM
FOR
POSTTRAUMATIC
STRESS
AT
THE
IOWA
VETERANS
HOME.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
IOWA
VETERANS
HOME
——
POSTTRAUMATIC
STRESS
DUAL
DIAGNOSIS
TREATMENT
PROGRAM
STUDY.
1.
The
Iowa
veterans
home
shall
initiate
and
coordinate
the
establishment
of
a
posttraumatic
stress
dual
diagnosis
treatment
program
study.
The
study
shall
evaluate
possible
funding
sources,
program
structure,
program
requirements,
and
the
needs
for
such
a
treatment
program
for
veterans
in
this
state.
The
study
shall
focus
on
the
establishment
of
a
dual
diagnosis
program
for
individuals
seeking
treatment
for
service-connected
posttraumatic
stress
and
substance
abuse.
2.
The
commandant
of
the
Iowa
veterans
home
shall
prepare
a
report
for
delivery
to
the
department
of
veterans
affairs,
the
commission
of
veterans
affairs,
the
department
of
public
health,
the
general
assembly
and
the
governor
no
later
than
January
15,
2013,
regarding
the
establishment
of
a
posttraumatic
stress
dual
diagnosis
treatment
program
at
the
Iowa
veterans
home.
The
report
shall
make
recommendations
to
Senate
File
2245,
p.
2
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
relative
to
the
creation
of
such
a
program
at
the
Iowa
veterans
home.
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2245,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL
E.
MARSHALL
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
