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HOUSE
FILE
207
BY
KRESSIG
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
GAINES
,
B.
MEYER
,
GOSA
,
LEVIN
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
WICHTENDAHL
,
CROKEN
,
WILBURN
,
AMOS
JR.
,
and
KURTH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
certain
involuntary
hospitalization
1
reporting
requirements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
229.15,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
Not
more
than
sixty
days
after
the
entry
of
a
court
order
3
for
treatment
of
a
patient
pursuant
to
a
report
issued
under
4
section
229.14,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“c”
,
and
thereafter
5
at
successive
intervals
as
ordered
by
the
court
but
not
to
6
exceed
ninety
days
six
months
so
long
as
that
court
order
7
remains
in
effect,
the
medical
director
of
the
facility
or
8
the
psychiatrist
or
psychiatric
advanced
registered
nurse
9
practitioner
treating
the
patient
shall
report
to
the
court
10
which
entered
the
order.
The
report
shall
state
whether
the
11
patient’s
condition
has
improved,
remains
unchanged,
or
has
12
deteriorated,
and
shall
indicate
if
possible
the
further
13
length
of
time
the
patient
will
require
treatment
by
the
14
facility.
If
at
any
time
the
patient
without
good
cause
fails
15
or
refuses
to
submit
to
treatment
as
ordered
by
the
court,
16
the
medical
director
shall
at
once
so
notify
the
court,
which
17
shall
order
the
patient
hospitalized
as
provided
by
section
18
229.14,
subsection
2
,
paragraph
“d”
,
unless
the
court
finds
19
that
the
failure
or
refusal
was
with
good
cause
and
that
the
20
patient
is
willing
to
receive
treatment
as
provided
in
the
21
court’s
order,
or
in
a
revised
order
if
the
court
sees
fit
to
22
enter
one.
If
at
any
time
the
medical
director
reports
to
23
the
court
that
in
the
director’s
opinion
the
patient
requires
24
full-time
custody,
care,
and
treatment
in
a
hospital,
and
the
25
patient
is
willing
to
be
admitted
voluntarily
to
the
hospital
26
for
these
purposes,
the
court
may
enter
an
order
approving
27
hospitalization
for
appropriate
treatment
upon
consultation
28
with
the
chief
medical
officer
of
the
hospital
in
which
the
29
patient
is
to
be
hospitalized.
If
the
patient
is
unwilling
30
to
be
admitted
voluntarily
to
the
hospital,
the
procedure
for
31
determining
involuntary
hospitalization,
as
set
out
in
section
32
229.14,
subsection
2
,
paragraph
“d”
,
shall
be
followed.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
relates
to
certain
involuntary
hospitalization
2
reporting
requirements.
3
After
a
person
has
been
involuntarily
committed
for
4
inpatient
treatment
due
to
a
serious
mental
impairment,
5
the
medical
director
of
the
facility
or
the
psychiatrist
or
6
psychiatric
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner
treating
the
7
patient
must
make
a
report
to
the
court
about
the
patient’s
8
condition
and
how
much
longer
the
patient
will
require
9
treatment
by
the
facility.
The
initial
report
is
due
within
10
60
days
of
the
entry
of
the
order
requiring
treatment
for
the
11
involuntarily
committed
person,
and
follow-up
reports
are
due
12
in
90-day
intervals
after
the
initial
report.
The
bill
changes
13
the
interval
between
follow-up
reports
to
a
maximum
of
six
14
months.
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