Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to the term brain health
Sponsored by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Topics:Health careMental health & addiction
Same legislation: HF 273
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2023
- Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 6, 2023
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the term “brain health”. The bill includes brain illnesses in the legislative findings relating to services to persons with mental illness, an intellectual disability, developmental disabilities, or brain injury in Code chapter 225C (mental health and disability services). The bill provides that the general assembly finds that to reduce the stigma associated with brain health disease and brain illness and to assist Iowans in receiving brain health diagnosis and treatment, the terms “brain health” or “brain illness” may be used synonymous with the terms “mental health” and “mental illness” to allow for more preventative and earlier treatments of those Iowans with brain health issues.
Read the full explanation
This recognition of the term “brain health” does not replace the terms “behavioral health”, “mental health”, or “mental illness” as those terms relate to medical billing, insurance regulation, or state professional licensure. The bill adds to the duties of the department of health and human services the duty to recognize the term “brain health” as a term that mental health providers may use in matters related to mental health, mental illness, and behavioral health. The recognition of “brain health” shall not replace or alter the terms “mental health”, “mental illness”, or “behavioral health” as those terms relate to medical billing, insurance regulation, or state professional licensure.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
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