Bill Text: IA SF262 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning the transportation of persons with a substance-related disorder or a mental illness.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-03 - Subcommittee, Dotzler, Segebart, and Taylor. S.J. 428. [SF262 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF262-Introduced.html
Senate File 262 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY WILHELM A BILL FOR 1 An Act concerning the transportation of persons with a 2 substance=related disorder or a mental illness. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2266XS (3) 86 rh/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 125.56 Transportation services. 1 2 1. A county may contract with a private entity to 1 3 appropriately transport any of the following persons: 1 4 a. A person admitted to a facility pursuant to section 1 5 125.33. 1 6 b. A person taken into custody pursuant to section 125.81 1 7 and court=ordered to a hospital or facility as described in 1 8 section 125.81, subsection 2, paragraph "b" or "c". 1 9 2. If the hospital or facility determines that a person 1 10 is in need of commitment or treatment at another hospital or 1 11 facility, such a private entity shall appropriately transport 1 12 the person to another hospital or facility. 1 13 3. A county's contract with such a private entity is 1 14 independent of the county's or a mental health and disability 1 15 services region's role as a provider of mental health services. 1 16 4. In contracting with a private entity, a county shall 1 17 include provisions to ensure all of the following: 1 18 a. The provision of trained personnel and the use 1 19 of appropriate vehicles for the safe transportation of 1 20 respondents. 1 21 b. That the person's insurance carriers and other programs, 1 22 both public and private, that provide payment for such 1 23 transportation services are fully utilized to the maximum 1 24 extent possible. 1 25 5. A county shall implement a request for proposals process 1 26 to enter into a contract with a private entity for the purpose 1 27 of transporting a person pursuant to this section. 1 28 6. A county shall pay fifty percent of the transportation 1 29 costs billed by a private entity pursuant to this section, 1 30 and the other fifty percent of the costs shall be paid by the 1 31 department of public health. 1 32 7. The departments of human services and public health, 1 33 in consultation with affected stakeholders including but not 1 34 limited to mental health and disability services regions, the 1 35 Iowa state association of counties, the Iowa state sheriffs' 2 1 and deputies' association, and other law enforcement agencies 2 2 in this state, shall adopt rules as necessary in accordance 2 3 with best practices for the implementation and administration 2 4 of this section. 2 5 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 229.46 Transportation services. 2 6 1. A mental health and disability services region, as 2 7 defined in section 225C.2, may contract with a private entity 2 8 to appropriately transport any of the following persons: 2 9 a. A person admitted to a public or private hospital 2 10 pursuant to section 229.2. 2 11 b. A person taken into custody pursuant to section 229.11 2 12 and court=ordered to a hospital or facility as described in 2 13 section 229.11, subsection 1, paragraph "b" or "c". 2 14 2. If the hospital or facility determines that a person 2 15 is in need of commitment or treatment at another hospital or 2 16 facility, such a private entity shall appropriately transport 2 17 the person to another hospital or facility. 2 18 3. A mental health and disability services region's 2 19 contract with such a private entity is independent of the 2 20 region's role as a provider of mental health services. 2 21 4. In contracting with a private entity, a region shall 2 22 include provisions to ensure all of the following: 2 23 a. The provision of trained personnel and the use 2 24 of appropriate vehicles for the safe transportation of 2 25 respondents. 2 26 b. That the person's insurance carriers and other programs, 2 27 both public and private, that provide payment for such 2 28 transportation services are fully utilized to the maximum 2 29 extent possible. 2 30 5. A mental health and disability services region shall 2 31 implement a request for proposals process to enter into a 2 32 contract with a private entity for the purpose of transporting 2 33 a person pursuant to this section. 2 34 6. A mental health and disability services region shall pay 2 35 fifty percent of the transportation costs billed by a private 3 1 entity pursuant to this section, and the other fifty percent of 3 2 the costs shall be paid by the department of human services. 3 3 7. The departments of human services and public health, 3 4 in consultation with affected stakeholders including but not 3 5 limited to mental health and disability services regions, the 3 6 Iowa state association of counties, the Iowa state sheriffs' 3 7 and deputies' association, and other law enforcement agencies 3 8 in this state, shall adopt rules as necessary in accordance 3 9 with best practices for the implementation and administration 3 10 of this section. 3 11 EXPLANATION 3 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 13 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 14 This bill concerns the transportation of persons with a 3 15 substance=related disorder or a mental illness. 3 16 The bill directs a county or a mental health and disability 3 17 services region as defined in Code section 225C.2, as 3 18 appropriate, to contract with private entities to appropriately 3 19 transport a person who is admitted, on a voluntary basis, 3 20 to a facility or hospital under Code section 125.33 3 21 (substance=related disorders) or 229.2 (mental illness) or who 3 22 is the subject of an immediate involuntary custody order to 3 23 the nearest available facility licensed to care for persons 3 24 with substance abuse or mental illness or a public or private 3 25 hospital. If the facility or hospital determines that a person 3 26 is in need of commitment treatment at another facility or 3 27 hospital, the private entity is required to make arrangements 3 28 to appropriately transport the person to another facility 3 29 or hospital. A county's or a mental health and disability 3 30 services region's contract with a private entity is independent 3 31 of the county's or region's role as a provider of mental health 3 32 services. In contracting with a private entity, a county or 3 33 a mental health and disability services region is required to 3 34 include provisions relating to appropriately trained personnel 3 35 and the use of appropriate vehicles for the safe transportation 4 1 of respondents, and fully utilizing the respondents' insurance 4 2 carriers and other programs, both public and private, that 4 3 provide payment for such transportation services, to the 4 4 maximum extent possible. 4 5 A county or a mental health and disability services region 4 6 is required to implement a request for proposals process to 4 7 enter into a contract with a private entity for the purpose of 4 8 transporting a person pursuant to the bill. The department of 4 9 human services and the department of public health may adopt 4 10 administrative rules to administer the bill's provisions. 4 11 The bill provides that a county or a mental health and 4 12 disability services region shall pay 50 percent of the 4 13 transportation costs billed by a private entity and the 4 14 department of public health or the department of human services 4 15 shall pay the other 50 percent of the transportation costs, as 4 16 appropriate. LSB 2266XS (3) 86 rh/rj
