Iowa HF 722: A bill for an act relating to the voluntary or involuntary commitment or hospitalization of a person with a serious mental impairment or a substance-related disorder. (Formerly HF 619.)

Status: Referred to Human Resources. (as of 2019-04-04)

State: Iowa · Session: 2019-2020 · Bill: HF 722

Subjects: commitment proceedings, hospitals, human services department, law enforcement officers, mental health, public health department, substance abuse, supreme court of iowa, telehealth

Sponsors: COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

Bill Text

House
File
722
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
722

BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LABOR
AND

WORKFORCE

(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
68)

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
workforce
training,
unemployment
insurance,
1

and
other
functions
and
programs
of
the
department
of
2

workforce
development,
the
workforce
development
board,
and
3

local
workforce
development
boards.
4

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
5

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DIVISION
I
1

FUNCTIONS
OF
DEPARTMENT
OF
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT,
WORKFORCE
2

DEVELOPMENT
BOARD,
AND
LOCAL
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
BOARDS
3

Section
1.
Section
15H.9,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
4

amended
to
read
as
follows:
5

2.
The
commission
may
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
6

for
approving
Iowa
national
service
corps
programs
and
national
7

service
positions.
Existing
programs
and
service
positions,
8

including
those
established
through
the
AmeriCorps
programs
in
9

Iowa
created
pursuant
to
42
U.S.C.
§12501,
Senior
Corps
and
10

AmeriCorps
vista
in
Iowa
created
pursuant
to
42
U.S.C.
§4950
et
11

seq.,
the
Iowa
summer
youth
corps
program
created
pursuant
to
12

section
15H.5
,
the
Iowa
green
corps
program
created
pursuant
to
13

section
15H.6
,
the
Iowa
reading
corps
program
created
pursuant
14

to
section
15H.7
,
and

the
RefugeeRISE
AmeriCorps
program
15

created
pursuant
to
section
15H.8
,
and
the
Iowa
conservation
16

corps
created
pursuant
to
section
84A.7
,
are
part
of
the
Iowa
17

national
service
corps
programs
and
national
service
positions.
18

Sec.
2.
Section
84A.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
19

to
read
as
follows:
20

1.
The
department
of
workforce
development
is
created
to
21

administer
the
laws
of
this
state
relating
to
unemployment
22

compensation
insurance
,

and
job
placement
and
training
,
23

employment
safety,
labor
standards,
and
workers’
compensation
.
24

Sec.
3.
Section
84A.1A,
subsection
6,
Code
2025,
is
amended
25

by
striking
the
subsection
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
26

following:
27

6.
The
workforce
development
board
may
establish
standing
28

committees
of
the
board
in
the
bylaws
of
the
board.
29

Sec.
4.
Section
84A.1A,
subsection
7,
paragraph
a,
Code
30

2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph
and
inserting
in
31

lieu
thereof
the
following:
32

a.
All
documents
required
by
current
federal
workforce
rules
33

and
regulations.
34

Sec.
5.
Section
84A.1B,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2025,
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is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1

The

In
addition
to
the
duties
outlined
in
current
federal
2

workforce
rules
and
regulations,
the
workforce
development
3

board
shall
do
all
of
the
following:
4

Sec.
6.
Section
84A.1B,
subsections
1,
2,
3,
5,
6,
7,
8,
5

9,
10,
11,
12,
and
15,
Code
2025,
are
amended
by
striking
the
6

subsections.
7

Sec.
7.
Section
84A.1B,
subsection
13,
Code
2025,
is
amended
8

by
striking
the
subsection
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
9

following:
10

13.
Assist
the
governor
in
the
designation
of
local
11

workforce
development
areas
or
regions
as
outlined
in
current
12

federal
workforce
rules
and
regulations.
13

Sec.
8.
Section
84A.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
14

section
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
following:
15

84A.3
Local
workforce
development
plans.
16

1.
A
local
workforce
development
board
shall,
in
17

partnership
with
the
chief
elected
official,
develop
a
local
18

workforce
development
plan
in
accordance
with
current
federal
19

workforce
laws,
rules,
and
regulations.
The
local
workforce
20

development
board
shall
submit
the
workforce
development
plan
21

to
the
department
of
workforce
development
for
review
and
22

approval
in
the
manner
and
form
determined
by
the
department.
23

2.
All
local
workforce
plan
modifications
shall
be
24

submitted
to
the
department
of
workforce
development
for
25

review
and
approval
in
the
manner
and
form
determined
by
the
26

department.
Modifications
to
the
local
workforce
development
27

plan
must
be
developed
in
accordance
with
current
federal
28

workforce
laws,
rules,
and
regulations.
29

3.
The
local
workforce
development
plan
and
modifications
30

shall
include
the
contents
required
by
current
federal
31

workforce
laws,
rules,
and
regulations,
and
such
other
32

information
as
the
department
of
workforce
development
or
the
33

state
workforce
development
board
may
require.
34

Sec.
9.
Section
84A.5,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2025,
35

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is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1

a.
The
workforce
development
system
shall
strive
to
2

provide
high
quality
services
to
its
customers
including
3

workers,
families,
and
businesses.
The
department
of
workforce
4

development
shall
maintain
a
common
intake,
assessment,
and
5

customer
tracking
system
and
to
the
extent
practical
provide
6

one-stop
services
to
customers
at
workforce
development
centers
7

and
other
service
access
points.
The
department
of
workforce

8

development
shall
administ

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