Senate
Study
Bill
1227
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
EDLER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
an
inpatient
psychiatric
bed
tracking
1
system
study
committee.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
INPATIENT
1
PSYCHIATRIC
BED
TRACKING
SYSTEM
STUDY
COMMITTEE.
2
1.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
convene
a
study
3
committee
to
meet
during
the
2021
legislative
interim
to
4
examine
issues
and
develop
policy
recommendations
relating
to
5
improvements
to
the
inpatient
psychiatric
bed
tracking
system
6
including
but
not
limited
to
the
following:
7
a.
Expanding
the
acuity
of
disabilities
a
hospital
or
8
facility
is
able
to
accept
in
its
program
to
include
but
not
be
9
limited
to
persons
with
certain
mental
disabilities,
behavioral
10
disabilities,
and
sexually
or
physically
aggressive
behaviors.
11
b.
Increasing
reimbursement
rates
based
on
the
level
of
care
12
provided.
13
c.
Implementing
enhancements
to
the
inpatient
psychiatric
14
bed
tracking
system
to
accept
and
report
real-time
electronic
15
data
from
the
state
mental
health
institutes,
hospitals,
and
16
subacute
mental
health
care
facilities
participating
in
the
17
system.
18
2.
The
membership
of
the
committee
shall,
at
a
minimum,
19
consist
of
a
representative
from
the
department
of
human
20
services,
the
Iowa
hospital
association,
a
managed
care
21
association,
and
law
enforcement,
and
a
private
payor
of
22
inpatient
services,
and
a
county
mental
health
advocate.
23
3.
The
department
shall
submit
a
report
of
the
24
study
committee
detailing
the
committee’s
findings
and
25
recommendations,
including
a
proposed
date
to
implement
26
real-time
electronic
data
tracking,
to
the
general
assembly
and
27
the
governor
no
later
than
December
15,
2021.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
establishes
an
inpatient
psychiatric
bed
tracking
32
system
study
committee.
33
The
bill
directs
the
department
of
human
services
34
(department)
to
convene
a
study
committee
during
the
2021
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interim
to
examine
issues
and
develop
policy
recommendations
1
relating
to
improvements
to
the
inpatient
psychiatric
bed
2
tracking
system
including
but
not
limited
to
expanding
the
3
acuity
of
disabilities
a
hospital
or
facility
is
able
to
4
accept
in
its
program
to
include
but
not
be
limited
to
persons
5
with
certain
mental
disabilities,
behavioral
disabilities,
6
and
sexually
or
physically
aggressive
behaviors;
increasing
7
reimbursement
rates
based
on
the
level
of
care
provided;
and
8
implementing
enhancements
to
the
inpatient
psychiatric
bed
9
tracking
system
to
accept
and
report
real-time
electronic
10
data
from
the
state
mental
health
institutes,
hospitals,
and
11
subacute
mental
health
care
facilities
participating
in
the
12
system.
13
The
bill
requires
the
membership
of
the
study
committee
to,
14
at
a
minimum,
consist
of
a
representative
from
the
department
15
of
human
services,
the
Iowa
hospital
association,
a
managed
16
care
association,
and
law
enforcement,
and
a
private
payor
of
17
inpatient
psychiatric
services,
and
a
county
mental
health
18
advocate.
19
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
submit
a
report
of
the
20
study
committee
detailing
its
findings
and
recommendations
for
21
improvements
to
the
inpatient
psychiatric
bed
tracking
system,
22
including
a
proposed
date
to
implement
real-time
electronic
23
data
tracking,
to
the
general
assembly
and
to
the
governor’s
24
office
by
December
15,
2021.
25
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