Bill Text: IA SF524 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing an inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system study committee. (Formerly SSB 1227.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1150. [SF524 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF524-Enrolled.html
Senate
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Enrolled
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AN
ACT
ESTABLISHING
AN
INPATIENT
PSYCHIATRIC
BED
TRACKING
SYSTEM
STUDY
COMMITTEE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
INPATIENT
PSYCHIATRIC
BED
TRACKING
SYSTEM
STUDY
COMMITTEE.
1.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
convene
a
study
committee
to
meet
during
the
2021
legislative
interim
to
examine
issues
and
develop
policy
recommendations
relating
to
improvements
to
the
inpatient
psychiatric
bed
tracking
system
including
but
not
limited
to
the
following:
a.
Expanding
the
acuity
of
disabilities
a
hospital
or
facility
is
able
to
accept
in
its
program
to
include
but
not
be
limited
to
persons
with
certain
mental
disabilities,
behavioral
disabilities,
and
sexually
or
physically
aggressive
behaviors.
b.
Increasing
reimbursement
rates
based
on
the
level
of
care
provided.
c.
Implementing
enhancements
to
the
inpatient
psychiatric
bed
tracking
system
to
accept
and
report
real-time
electronic
data
from
the
state
mental
health
institutes,
hospitals,
and
subacute
mental
health
care
facilities
participating
in
the
system.
2.
The
membership
of
the
committee
shall,
at
a
minimum,
consist
of
a
representative
from
the
department
of
human
services,
the
Iowa
hospital
association,
a
managed
care
association,
and
law
enforcement,
and
a
private
payor
of
Senate
File
524,
p.
2
inpatient
services,
and
a
county
mental
health
advocate.
3.
The
department
shall
submit
a
report
of
the
study
committee
detailing
the
committee’s
findings
and
recommendations,
including
a
proposed
date
to
implement
real-time
electronic
data
tracking,
to
the
general
assembly
and
the
governor
no
later
than
December
15,
2021.
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
524,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor