Bill Text: IA SF2296 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to mental health treatment costs of certain persons accused of a crime. (Formerly SF 2151.) Effective 7-1-14.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-03 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 719. [SF2296 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF2296-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
MENTAL
HEALTH
TREATMENT
COSTS
OF
CERTAIN
PERSONS
ACCUSED
OF
A
CRIME.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
812.6,
subsection
2,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
Code
2014,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
A
defendant
who
poses
a
danger
to
the
public
peace
or
safety,
or
who
is
otherwise
not
qualified
for
pretrial
release,
shall
be
committed
as
a
safekeeper
to
the
custody
of
the
director
of
the
department
of
corrections
at
the
Iowa
medical
and
classification
center,
or
other
appropriate
treatment
facility
as
designated
by
the
director,
for
treatment
designed
to
restore
the
defendant
to
competency.
The
costs
of
the
treatment
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
shall
be
borne
by
the
department
of
corrections.
b.
A
defendant
who
does
not
pose
a
danger
to
the
public
peace
or
safety,
but
is
otherwise
being
held
in
custody,
or
who
refuses
to
cooperate
with
treatment,
shall
be
committed
to
the
custody
of
the
director
of
human
services
at
a
department
of
human
services
facility
for
treatment
designed
to
restore
the
Senate
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2296,
p.
2
defendant
to
competency.
The
costs
of
the
treatment
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
shall
be
borne
by
the
department
of
human
services.
______________________________
PAM
JOCHUM
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
2296,
Eighty-fifth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL
E.
MARSHALL
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2014
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
