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House
File
2263
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2263
BY
CROKEN
,
MADISON
,
KURTH
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
and
WILBURN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
to
1
establish
peer-run
respite
programs.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
225A.1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
12A.
“Life-altering
challenge”
means
a
3
major
personal
stressor
or
life
event
that
is
disruptive
to
an
4
individual’s
well-being
and
daily
life
and
that
may
result
in
5
the
need
for
crisis
prevention.
6
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
225A.10
Peer-run
respite
programs.
7
1.
The
department
shall
establish
seven
peer-run
respite
8
programs
throughout
the
state,
each
of
which
must
meet
all
of
9
the
following
requirements:
10
a.
The
program
shall
offer
voluntary,
short-term
support
for
11
individuals
experiencing
emotional
distress,
behavioral
health
12
distress,
a
mental
health
crisis,
or
a
life-altering
challenge.
13
b.
The
program
shall
not
be
located
on
a
clinical,
medical,
14
or
mental
health
facility’s
campus.
15
c.
Each
program
shall
operate
independently
of
other
medical
16
clinics
and
behavioral
health
clinics.
17
d.
At
least
fifty-one
percent
of
the
board
of
directors
18
for
the
program
shall
be
comprised
of
individuals
who
have
a
19
history
of
living
with
a
psychiatric
condition
or
a
behavioral
20
health
condition,
or
who
have
experienced
a
life-altering
21
challenge.
22
e.
If
the
program
offers
clinical
mental
health
services,
23
the
clinical
mental
health
services
must
constitute
less
than
24
ten
percent
of
the
total
services
offered
by
the
program.
25
2.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
26
to
administer
this
section.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
31
services
to
establish
seven
peer-run
respite
programs
32
(programs)
throughout
the
state.
The
programs
must
offer
33
voluntary,
short-term
support
for
individuals
experiencing
34
emotional
distress,
behavioral
health
distress,
a
mental
health
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crisis,
or
a
life-altering
challenge
as
that
term
is
defined
1
in
the
bill.
The
programs
cannot
be
located
on
a
clinical,
2
medical,
or
mental
health
facility’s
campus,
and
must
operate
3
independently
from
other
medical
clinics
and
behavioral
health
4
clinics.
At
least
51
percent
of
a
program’s
board
of
directors
5
must
be
comprised
of
individuals
who
have
a
history
of
living
6
with
a
psychiatric
condition
or
a
behavioral
health
condition,
7
or
who
have
experienced
a
life-altering
challenge.
If
a
8
program
offers
clinical
mental
health
services,
such
services
9
must
constitute
less
than
10
percent
of
the
total
services
10
offered
by
the
program.
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