HF 2397: Relating to the transport of patients to mental health access centers by an ambulance

What it does

This bill relates to the transportation of persons by ambulance service programs. The bill allows an ambulance service program to transport a person experiencing a mental health crisis to a mental health access center. The bill directs the department of health and human services to authorize payments to service programs for the transportation of persons to mental health access centers in amounts similar to payments authorized for the transportation of persons to hospital emergency departments.

Senate subcommittee · named February 26, 2024

• Sen. Jeff Edler (R)
• Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Zach Wahls (D) · zach.wahls@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 19 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Brain Injury Alliance of Iowa; Easterseals Iowa; Exceptional Persons, Inc.; Imagine the Possibilities; Integrated Telehealth Partners; Iowa Emergency Medical Services Association; Iowa Hospital Association; Iowa State Association of Counties; Linn County Board of Supervisors; MH/DS of East Central Region; Mental Health America; and 7 more

In plain words

1. February 8, 2024Filed in the House
2. February 21, 2024Passed the House, 97–0
3. February 22, 2024Arrived in the Senate
4. February 26, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Edler, Costello and Wahls
5. March 5, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it
6. March 14, 2024Approved by the Senate committee
7. April 15, 2024Passed the Senate, 47–0
8. April 23, 2024Sent to the Governor
9. May 1, 2024Signed into law