Requiring the department of health and human services to reimburse a county for the temporary holding of, or confinement of, a sexually violent predator who commits a public offense while subject to an order of civil commitment

Sponsored by the House Health and Human Services (companion To Sf 57 By Evans) Committee, Rep. Travis M. Sitzmann (R)

Topics:Health care Families & human services Cities & counties

Same legislation: SF 57, HF 200, SF 623

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 16, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2025
Done: House committeeFebruary 25, 2025
Done: Passes the HouseMarch 13, 202595–0
Done: Senate committeeApril 15, 2025
Done: Passes the SenateApril 16, 202547–0
Done: To the GovernorMay 19, 2025
Done: Signed into lawMay 19, 2025

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary If a sexually violent predator is sent to a county jail after committing a crime, the state will pay that county $50 for every day the person stays there. The Department of Health and Human Services will use specific funds set aside for treating these individuals to cover these jail costs. This change ensures counties get money back for housing these specific inmates.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill requires the department of health and human services (HHS) to reimburse a county at a rate of $50 per day when a sexually violent predator (SVP) is transferred to the county’s jail after the SVP committed a public offense while subject to an order of civil commitment. If the SVP is subsequently sentenced to confinement at the county jail, HHS must reimburse the jail at a rate of $50 per day for each day the SVP is confined. The bill requires HHS to use funds appropriated to HHS for costs associated with the treatment and commitment of sexually violent predators in the unit located at the state mental health institute at Cherokee, or use funds transferred pursuant to Code section 218.6 for the payment of reimbursements to county jails.

Why it matters. The department of health and human services would pay counties $50 per day to reimburse them for the cost of housing a sexually violent predator in a county jail. This reimbursement applies if the individual is transferred to the jail after committing a public offense while under a civil commitment order or if they are subsequently sentenced to confinement in the jail.²

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§229A.5C

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Lobbying

6 for · 0 against · 9 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

HF 2018Cleared committee90th GA

91st General Assembly

SF 57RenumberedSenate companion HF 200RenumberedHouse companion HF 643Became lawfrom HF 200 SF 623Didn’t advancefrom SF 57

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

HF 2018 Requiring the department of health and human services to reimburse a county for the tempor…
90th General Assembly · In committee · same title
Cleared committee

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