Bill Text: IA SF401 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to subacute care facilities. (Formerly SSB 1240.) Effective 7-1-15.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-04-24 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 932. [SF401 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF401-Amended.html

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Senate File 401 - Reprinted




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                     RESOURCES

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     1240)
       (As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 12, 2015)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to subacute care facilities.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135G.6, subsection 2, paragraphs b and c,
  1  2 Code 2015, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  The department of human services shall not give approval
  1  4 to an application which would cause the number of publicly
  1  5 funded subacute care facility beds licensed under this chapter
  1  6 to exceed fifty seventy=five beds.
  1  7    c.  The subacute care facility beds identified by the
  1  8  a request for proposals process initiated on or after the
  1  9 effective date of this Act shall be existing beds which have
  1 10 been awarded a new beds located in hospitals and facilities
  1 11 existing under a current certificate of need pursuant to
  1 12 chapter 135. Such beds shall not be required to obtain an
  1 13 additional certificate of need upon conversion to licensed
  1 14 subacute care facility beds.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  Section 229.13, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended
  1 16 by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 17    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  If the court orders evaluation and
  1 18 treatment of the respondent on an inpatient basis under this
  1 19 section, the court may order the respondent placed under the
  1 20 care of an appropriate subacute care facility licensed under
  1 21 chapter 135G.
  1 22    Sec. 3.  Section 229.14, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended
  1 23 by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 24    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  If the court orders placement and
  1 25 treatment of the respondent on an inpatient basis under this
  1 26 section, the court may order the respondent placed under the
  1 27 care of an appropriate subacute care facility licensed under
  1 28 chapter 135G.
  1 29    Sec. 4.  DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS AND APPEALS ==
  1 30 RULES.  The administrative rules adopted by the department of
  1 31 inspections and appeals relating to eligibility requirements
  1 32 for individualized subacute mental health services in subacute
  1 33 care facilities licensed under chapter 135G shall allow for the
  1 34 treatment of persons involuntarily hospitalized under chapter
  1 35 229.
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