Bill Text: IA SSB1240 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill for an act relating to the placement in a subacute care facility of a respondent pursuant to an application for involuntary commitment and after a hospitalization hearing.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-04 - Voted - Human Resources. [SSB1240 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SSB1240-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1240
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
MATHIS)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
placement
in
a
subacute
care
facility
1
of
a
respondent
pursuant
to
an
application
for
involuntary
2
commitment
and
after
a
hospitalization
hearing.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
229.13,
subsection
1,
Code
2015,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
If
the
court
orders
evaluation
and
3
treatment
of
the
respondent
on
an
inpatient
basis
under
this
4
section,
the
court
may
order
the
respondent
placed
under
the
5
care
of
an
appropriate
subacute
care
facility
licensed
under
6
chapter
135G.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
229.14,
subsection
2,
Code
2015,
is
amended
8
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
9
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
If
the
court
orders
placement
and
10
treatment
of
the
respondent
on
an
inpatient
basis
under
this
11
section,
the
court
may
order
the
respondent
placed
under
the
12
care
of
an
appropriate
subacute
care
facility
licensed
under
13
chapter
135G.
14
Sec.
3.
DEPARTMENT
OF
INSPECTIONS
AND
APPEALS
——
15
RULES.
The
administrative
rules
adopted
by
the
department
of
16
inspections
and
appeals
relating
to
eligibility
requirements
17
for
individualized
subacute
mental
health
services
in
subacute
18
care
facilities
licensed
under
chapter
135G
shall
allow
for
the
19
treatment
of
persons
involuntarily
hospitalized
under
chapter
20
229.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
relates
to
the
placement
of
a
respondent
against
25
whom
an
application
for
involuntary
commitment
has
been
filed
26
after
a
hospitalization
hearing
has
been
held.
The
bill
27
provides
that
a
court
may
order
a
respondent
to
be
placed,
28
evaluated,
and
treated,
on
an
inpatient
basis,
in
the
care
of
29
a
subacute
care
facility
licensed
under
Code
chapter
135G.
30
A
subacute
care
facility
is
a
licensed
institution,
place,
31
building,
or
agency
with
restricted
means
of
egress
providing
32
subacute
mental
health
services
for
a
period
exceeding
24
33
consecutive
hours
to
persons
in
need
of
the
services.
34
The
bill
provides
that
the
administrative
rules
adopted
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by
the
department
of
inspections
and
appeals
relating
to
1
eligibility
requirements
for
individualized
subacute
mental
2
health
services
in
subacute
care
facilities
shall
allow
for
3
the
treatment
of
persons
involuntarily
hospitalized
under
Code
4
chapter
229.
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