Bill Text: IA SF380 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to subacute care facilities licensed by the department of inspections and appeals.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-02 - Subcommittee: Segebart, Mathis, and Shipley. S.J. 457. [SF380 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF380-Introduced.html
Senate File 380 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY MATHIS A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to subacute care facilities licensed by the 2 department of inspections and appeals. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2382XS (2) 87 hb/rh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 135G.6, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 1 2 2017, is amended by striking the paragraph. 1 3 EXPLANATION 1 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 5 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 6 This bill relates to subacute care facilities licensed 1 7 by the department of inspections and appeals. Under current 1 8 law, the department of inspections and appeals is required to 1 9 license a subacute care facility if the department of humans 1 10 services has submitted a written approval of the facility's 1 11 application for licensure based upon the process used by the 1 12 department of human services to identify the best qualified 1 13 providers and certain additional conditions are met. 1 14 Under Code section 135G.1, a subacute care facility means 1 15 an institution, place, building, or agency with restricted 1 16 means of egress providing subacute mental health services for 1 17 a period exceeding 24 consecutive hours to persons in need 1 18 of such services. The bill strikes the provision that the 1 19 department of human services shall not give approval to an 1 20 application which would cause the number of publicly funded 1 21 subacute care facility beds to exceed 75 beds. LSB 2382XS (2) 87 hb/rh
