Bill Text: IA SF2251 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the psychiatric bed tracking system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-14 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF2251 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF2251-Introduced.html
Senate File 2251 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY EDLER A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the psychiatric bed tracking system. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5780XS (3) 87 hb/rh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. PSYCHIATRIC BED TRACKING SYSTEM. 1 2 1. The department of human services shall amend its 1 3 administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A to require the 1 4 state mental health institutes and hospitals licensed to 1 5 provide inpatient psychiatric treatment required to participate 1 6 in the psychiatric bed tracking system to report the acuity 1 7 of disability the hospital or facility is able to accept and 1 8 treat in its program for each reporting period. The department 1 9 shall establish the measure of acuity and include mental 1 10 health, mental disability, behavioral health, substance use 1 11 disorder, and other related categories. The lowest category 1 12 shall represent the lowest acuity of disability. The highest 1 13 category shall represent the highest acuity of disability. 1 14 2. The department shall coordinate with the department of 1 15 public health and other departments as determined necessary or 1 16 appropriate, to study expanding or procuring and implementing 1 17 enhancements to the inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system 1 18 that can accept real=time electronic data, from the state 1 19 mental health institutes and hospitals licensed to provide 1 20 inpatient psychiatric treatment required to participate in the 1 21 system. The department shall report on the progress of the 1 22 study to the governor and the general assembly by December 15, 1 23 2018. 1 24 Sec. 2. PSYCHIATRIC PROVIDERS == REIMBURSEMENT RATES. 1 25 The department shall collaborate with Medicaid managed care 1 26 organizations to research the feasibility and implementation of 1 27 real=time reimbursement for providers of inpatient psychiatric 1 28 hospital services. The department shall report the results of 1 29 such research to the governor and general assembly by December 1 30 15, 2018. 1 31 EXPLANATION 1 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 33 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 34 This bill directs the department of human services to 1 35 amend its administrative rules pursuant to Code chapter 17A 2 1 to require the state mental health institutes and hospitals 2 2 licensed to provide inpatient psychiatric treatment required to 2 3 participate in the psychiatric bed tracking system to report 2 4 the acuity of disability the hospital or facility is able to 2 5 accept and treat in its program for each reporting period. The 2 6 department is required to establish the measure of acuity and 2 7 include mental health, mental disability, behavioral health, 2 8 substance use disorder, and other related categories. The 2 9 lowest category shall represent the lowest acuity level, and 2 10 the highest category shall represent the highest acuity level. 2 11 The bill directs the department to coordinate with the 2 12 department of public health and other departments as determined 2 13 necessary or appropriate to study expanding or procuring and 2 14 implementing enhancements to the inpatient psychiatric bed 2 15 tracking system that can accept real=time electronic data from 2 16 the state mental health institutes and hospitals licensed to 2 17 provide inpatient psychiatric treatment required to participate 2 18 in the system. The bill requires the department to report 2 19 on the progress of the study to the governor and the general 2 20 assembly by December 15, 2018. 2 21 The bill further directs the department to collaborate with 2 22 Medicaid managed care organizations to research the feasibility 2 23 and implementation of real=time reimbursement for providers of 2 24 inpatient psychiatric hospital services. The department shall 2 25 report the results of such research to the governor and general 2 26 assembly by December 15, 2018. LSB 5780XS (3) 87 hb/rh