Bills › 89th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 2, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 524
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 524 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 524 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill establishes an inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system study committee. _____ interim to examine issues and develop policy recommendations relating to improvements to the inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system including but not limited to 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; increasing reimbursement rates based on the level of care provided; and 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.
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The bill requires the membership of the study committee to, 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 inpatient psychiatric services, and a county mental health advocate. The bill requires the department to submit a report of the study committee detailing its findings and recommendations for improvements to the inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system, including a proposed date to implement real-time electronic data tracking, to the general assembly and to the governor’s office by December 15, 2021.
Changed since by amendment H-1334; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 25, 2021. On March 1, 2021 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Fiscal note
6 million for the first year of implementation. As health care costs increase and utilization patterns change, additional costs are expected in subsequent fiscal years. Division II, relating to the Inpatient Psychiatric Bed Tracking System Study Committee, has no fiscal impact. Telehealth Claims Paid Through Medicaid Currently, there is no available data on telehealth claims paid through Medicaid.
- Telehealth, Mental Health Payment Parity and Bed Tracking Study · April 21, 2021
Lobbying
16 for · 0 against · 18 undecided · Who →
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