HSB 617: HSB 617

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.

House subcommittee · named January 25, 2024

• Rep. Ann Meyer (R) · ann.meyer@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Brian Best (R)
• Rep. Mary L. Madison (D) · mary.madison@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 24 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Brain Injury Alliance of Iowa; City of Cedar Rapids; City of Des Moines; Easterseals Iowa; Exceptional Persons, Inc.; Imagine the Possibilities; Integrated Telehealth Partners; Iowa Association of Professional Fire Chiefs; Iowa Emergency Medical Services Association; Iowa Hospital Association; Iowa State Association of Counties; and 12 more

In plain words

1. January 25, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
2. January 25, 2024House subcommittee named: Meyer, A., Best and Madison
3. January 31, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it
4. February 6, 2024Approved by the House committee
5. February 8, 2024Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2397