House File 449 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 263)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the development and initial implementation
2 of an inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system by the
3 department of human services.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC BED TRACKING SYSTEM ==
1 2 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. The department of human services
1 3 shall expend the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so
1 4 much thereof as is necessary, for the fiscal year beginning
1 5 July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, to be used for the
1 6 development and initial implementation of an inpatient
1 7 psychiatric bed tracking system in accordance with this
1 8 section.
1 9 1. In developing the requirements for procurement of the
1 10 system, the department of human services shall engage the
1 11 group of magistrates and hospital personnel that assisted the
1 12 department in developing the hospital bed tracking system
1 13 report submitted to the general assembly in December 2013,
1 14 pursuant to 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 130, section 56. The
1 15 department shall also engage other interested representatives,
1 16 including representatives of the regional mental health and
1 17 disability services system, the state mental health institutes,
1 18 the Iowa behavioral health association, the Iowa state
1 19 sheriffs' and deputies' association, and the Iowa association
1 20 of community providers. The procedural issues addressed by the
1 21 group shall include but are not limited to the responsibility
1 22 for data entry and verification, timeliness of data entry,
1 23 confidentiality requirements associated with the data needed to
1 24 ensure the usefulness of the system, and key characteristics
1 25 and capacity information about the beds in the system.
1 26 2. The department shall base the procurement requirements
1 27 on the recommendation option contained in the December 2013
1 28 report that projected the lowest annual maintenance and
1 29 operating costs rather than the other option.
1 30 3. Upon a court=ordered mental health commitment, the
1 31 clerk of the district court shall utilize the electronic
1 32 tracking system, once in place, to enter information into the
1 33 system relating to the court order, check the database for
1 34 the availability of open inpatient psychiatric hospital beds,
1 35 and, if available, reserve the inpatient psychiatric hospital
2 1 bed in the facility or institution to which a patient who is
2 2 the subject of the mental health commitment order should be
2 3 assigned. Once reserved, the bed cannot be assigned to any
2 4 other person.
2 5 EXPLANATION
2 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
2 7 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
2 8 This bill relates to the development and initial
2 9 implementation of an inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system.
2 10 The bill directs the department of human services to expend
2 11 $200,000 for fiscal year 2015=2016 for the development and
2 12 initial implementation of an inpatient psychiatric bed tracking
2 13 system. In developing the requirements for procurement of
2 14 the system, the department is required to engage the group
2 15 of magistrates and hospital personnel that assisted the
2 16 department in developing the hospital bed tracking system
2 17 report submitted to the general assembly in December 2013 (2013
2 18 Iowa Acts, chapter 130, section 56) along with representatives
2 19 of the regional mental health and disability services system,
2 20 the state mental health institutes, the Iowa behavioral
2 21 health association, the Iowa state sheriffs' and deputies'
2 22 association, and the Iowa association of community providers.
2 23 The procedural issues addressed by the group shall include
2 24 but are not limited to the responsibility for data entry
2 25 and verification, timeliness of data entry, confidentiality
2 26 requirements, and key characteristics and capacity information
2 27 about the beds in the system.
2 28 The bill provides that upon a court=ordered mental health
2 29 commitment, the clerk of the district court shall utilize the
2 30 electronic tracking system, once in place, to enter information
2 31 into the system relating to the court order, check the database
2 32 for the availability of open inpatient psychiatric hospital
2 33 beds, and, if available, reserve the inpatient psychiatric
2 34 hospital bed in the facility or institution to which a patient
2 35 who is the subject of the mental health commitment order should
3 1 be assigned. Once reserved, the bed cannot be assigned to any
3 2 other person.
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