Bill Text: IA SF302 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the transportation of persons with a substance-related disorder or a mental illness.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-23 - Subcommittee: Chapman, Costello, and Ragan. S.J. 402. [SF302 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF302-Introduced.html
Senate File 302 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY DANIELSON A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to 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 2465SS (2) 87 hb/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. The departments of human services and public health, 1 29 in consultation with affected stakeholders including but not 1 30 limited to mental health and disability services regions, the 1 31 Iowa state association of counties, the Iowa state sheriffs' 1 32 and deputies' association, and other law enforcement agencies 1 33 in this state, shall adopt rules as necessary in accordance 1 34 with best practices for the implementation and administration 1 35 of this section. 2 1 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 229.46 Transportation services. 2 2 1. A mental health and disability services region, as 2 3 defined in section 225C.2, may contract with a private entity 2 4 to appropriately transport any of the following persons: 2 5 a. A person admitted to a public or private hospital 2 6 pursuant to section 229.2. 2 7 b. A person taken into custody pursuant to section 229.11 2 8 and court=ordered to a hospital or facility as described in 2 9 section 229.11, subsection 1, paragraph "b" or "c". 2 10 2. If the hospital or facility determines that a person 2 11 is in need of commitment or treatment at another hospital or 2 12 facility, such a private entity shall appropriately transport 2 13 the person to another hospital or facility. 2 14 3. A mental health and disability services region's 2 15 contract with such a private entity is independent of the 2 16 region's role as a provider of mental health services. 2 17 4. In contracting with a private entity, a region shall 2 18 include provisions to ensure all of the following: 2 19 a. The provision of trained personnel and the use 2 20 of appropriate vehicles for the safe transportation of 2 21 respondents. 2 22 b. That the person's insurance carriers and other programs, 2 23 both public and private, that provide payment for such 2 24 transportation services are fully utilized to the maximum 2 25 extent possible. 2 26 5. A mental health and disability services region shall 2 27 implement a request for proposals process to enter into a 2 28 contract with a private entity for the purpose of transporting 2 29 a person pursuant to this section. 2 30 6. The departments of human services and public health, 2 31 in consultation with affected stakeholders including but not 2 32 limited to mental health and disability services regions, the 2 33 Iowa state association of counties, the Iowa state sheriffs' 2 34 and deputies' association, and other law enforcement agencies 2 35 in this state, shall adopt rules as necessary in accordance 3 1 with best practices for the implementation and administration 3 2 of this section. 3 3 EXPLANATION 3 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 5 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 6 This bill relates to the transportation of persons with a 3 7 substance=related disorder or a mental illness. 3 8 The bill directs a county or a mental health and disability 3 9 services region as defined in Code section 225C.2, as 3 10 appropriate, to contract with private entities to appropriately 3 11 transport a person who is admitted, on a voluntary basis, 3 12 to a facility or hospital under Code section 125.33 3 13 (substance=related disorders) or 229.2 (mental illness) or who 3 14 is the subject of an immediate involuntary custody order to 3 15 the nearest available facility licensed to care for persons 3 16 with substance abuse or mental illness or a public or private 3 17 hospital. If the facility or hospital determines that a person 3 18 is in need of commitment treatment at another facility or 3 19 hospital, the private entity is required to make arrangements 3 20 to appropriately transport the person to another facility 3 21 or hospital. A county's or a mental health and disability 3 22 services region's contract with a private entity is independent 3 23 of the county's or region's role as a provider of mental health 3 24 services. In contracting with a private entity, a county or 3 25 a mental health and disability services region is required to 3 26 include provisions relating to appropriately trained personnel 3 27 and the use of appropriate vehicles for the safe transportation 3 28 of respondents, and fully utilizing the respondents' insurance 3 29 carriers and other programs, both public and private, that 3 30 provide payment for such transportation services, to the 3 31 maximum extent possible. 3 32 A county or a mental health and disability services region 3 33 is required to implement a request for proposals process to 3 34 enter into a contract with a private entity for the purpose of 3 35 transporting a person pursuant to the bill. The department of 4 1 human services and the department of public health may adopt 4 2 administrative rules to administer the bill's provisions. LSB 2465SS (2) 87 hb/rj
