Iowa HF 584: A bill for an act relating to individual licensees who provide child foster care.

Bill Text

House
File
584
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
584

BY
LOHSE

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
the
opioid
settlement
fund,
establishing
1

the
opioid
epidemic
response
advisory
council,
making
2

appropriations,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
3

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
123B.1
Opioid
epidemic
response
1

advisory
council.
2

1.
a.
The
opioid
epidemic
response
advisory
council
is
3

established
to
develop
and
implement
a
comprehensive
and
4

effective
statewide
effort
to
address
the
opioid
addiction
and
5

overdose
epidemic
in
Iowa.
The
council
shall
consist
of
the
6

following
members,
appointed
by
the
director
of
the
department
7

of
health
and
human
services,
except
as
otherwise
provided:
8

(1)
One
member
appointed
by
the
board
of
pharmacy.
9

(2)
One
member
who
is
a
physician
and
surgeon
or
10

osteopathic
physician
and
surgeon
appointed
by
the
Iowa
medical
11

association.
12

(3)
One
member
who
represents
an
opioid
treatment
program,
13

sober
living
program,
or
substance
use
disorder
program.
14

(4)
One
member
appointed
by
the
Iowa
association
of
15

addiction
professionals
who
is
a
psychiatrist
specializing
in
16

the
treatment
of
addiction.
17

(5)
One
member
appointed
by
the
Iowa
emergency
medical
18

services
association
who
is
serving
with
an
ambulance
service
19

as
an
emergency
medical
care
provider.
20

(6)
One
member
who
represents
the
Iowa
courts
who
is
a
21

judge.
22

(7)
One
member
appointed
by
the
director
of
the
office
of
23

drug
control
policy.
24

(8)
One
member
who
represents
a
local
health
department.
25

(9)
The
directors
of
the
departments
of
health
and
human
26

services
and
corrections,
the
attorney
general,
and
the
state
27

public
defender,
or
their
designees,
who
shall
serve
as
ex
28

officio,
nonvoting
members.
29

b.
The
director
of
the
department
of
health
and
human
30

services
shall
coordinate
the
director’s
appointments
to
31

provide,
to
the
extent
practicable,
geographic,
racial,
and
32

gender
diversity.
33

c.
The
council
shall
annually
elect
a
chair.
34

d.
The
chair
shall
convene
the
council
at
least
quarterly,
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and
the
chair
may
convene
the
council
at
other
times
as
1

necessary.
The
chair
shall
convene
meetings
at
different
2

locations
in
the
state
to
provide
geographic
access
and
may
3

conduct
all
meetings,
other
than
one
meeting
per
year,
remotely
4

by
electronic
means.
5

e.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
provide
6

staffing
and
administrative
support
to
the
council.
7

f.
The
director
of
the
department
of
health
and
human
8

services
shall
convene
the
first
meeting
of
the
council
no
9

later
than
September
1,
2025.
10

g.
An
advisory
council
member
shall
disclose
to
the
council,
11

refrain
from
participating
in
discussions,
and
abstain
from
12

voting
on
any
matter
before
the
council
if
the
member
has
a
13

conflict
of
interest.
For
the
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
a
14

conflict
of
interest
is
a
financial
association
that
has
the
15

potential
to
bias
or
have
the
appearance
of
biasing
a
council
16

member’s
decision
related
to
council
activities
under
this
17

chapter.
18

2.
The
council
shall
focus
on
all
of
the
following:
19

a.
Primary
prevention,
secondary
prevention,
early
20

intervention,
and
education,
including
public
education
and
21

awareness
for
adults
and
youth,
prescriber
education,
the
22

development
and
sustainability
of
opioid
overdose
prevention
23

and
education
programs,
and
the
role
of
adult
protective
24

services
in
prevention
and
response.
25

b.
Training
on
the
treatment
of
opioid
addiction,
including
26

the
use
of
all
approved
opioid
addiction
medications,
27

detoxification,
relapse
prevention,
patient
assessment,
28

individual
treatment
planning,
counseling,
recovery
supports,
29

diversion
control,
local
reporting,
and
other
best
practices.
30

c.
The
expansion
and
enhancement
of
a
continuum
of
care
31

for
opioid-related
substance
use
disorders,
including
primary
32

prevention,
early
intervention,
treatment,
recovery,
and
33

aftercare
services.

34

d.
Supporting
efforts
to
prevent
or
reduce
deaths
from
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opioid
overdoses
or
other
opioid-related
harms,
including
1

through
increasing
the
availability
or
distribution
of
naloxone
2

or
other
opioid
antagonists
for
use
by
a
family
member,
friend,
3

caregiver,
health
care
provider,
employee
of
a
substance
abuse
4

treatment
facility,
school
employee,
or
other
person
who
may
be
5

in
a
place
to
render
aid
to
a
person
at
risk
of
experiencing
an
6

opioid-related
overdose.
7

3.
The
council
shall
do
all
of
the
following:
8

a.
Review
local,
state,
and
federal
initiatives
and
9

activities
related
to
education,
prevention,
treatment,
and
10

services
for
individuals
and
families
experiencing
and
affected
11

by
opioid
use
disorder.
12

b.
Establish
priorities