House File 263 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY HEATON
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 representatives of other portions
1 16 of the mental health system, including representatives of the
1 17 regional mental health and disability services system, the
1 18 state mental health institutes, the Iowa behavioral health
1 19 association, and the Iowa association of community providers.
1 20 The procedural issues addressed by the group shall include
1 21 but are not limited to the responsibility for data entry
1 22 and verification, timeliness of data entry, confidentiality
1 23 requirements associated with the data needed to ensure the
1 24 usefulness of the system, and key characteristics and capacity
1 25 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, specify 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.
2 4 EXPLANATION
2 5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
2 6 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
2 7 This bill relates to the development and initial
2 8 implementation of an inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system.
2 9 The bill directs the department of human services to expend
2 10 $200,000 for fiscal year 2015=2016 for the development and
2 11 initial implementation of an inpatient psychiatric bed tracking
2 12 system. In developing the requirements for procurement of
2 13 the system, the department is required to engage the group of
2 14 magistrates and hospital personnel that assisted the department
2 15 in developing the hospital bed tracking system report submitted
2 16 to the general assembly in December 2013 (2013 Iowa Acts,
2 17 chapter 130, section 56) along with representatives of the
2 18 regional mental health and disability services system, the
2 19 state mental health institutes, the Iowa behavioral health
2 20 association, and the Iowa association of community providers.
2 21 The procedural issues addressed by the group shall include
2 22 but are not limited to the responsibility for data entry
2 23 and verification, timeliness of data entry, confidentiality
2 24 requirements, and key characteristics and capacity information
2 25 about the beds in the system.
2 26 The bill provides that upon a court=ordered mental health
2 27 commitment, the clerk of the district court shall utilize the
2 28 electronic tracking system, once in place, to enter information
2 29 into the system relating to the court order, check the database
2 30 for the availability of open inpatient psychiatric hospital
2 31 beds, and, if available, specify the inpatient psychiatric
2 32 hospital bed in the facility or institution to which a patient
2 33 who is the subject of the mental health commitment order should
2 34 be assigned.
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