Iowa Code 135G.10 – Rules
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1. The department of inspections and appeals and the department of human services shall collaborate in establishing standards for licensing of subacute care facilities to achieve all of the following objectives:
a. Subacute mental health services are provided based on sound, proven clinical practice.
b. Subacute mental health services are established in a manner that allows the services to be included in the federal medical assistance state plan.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 135G.10
- Department: means the department of inspections and appeals. See Iowa Code 135G.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Licensee: means the holder of a license issued to operate a subacute care facility for persons with serious and persistent mental illness. See Iowa Code 135G.1
- Mental health services: means services provided by a mental health professional operating within the scope of the professional's practice which address mental, emotional, medical, or behavioral problems. See Iowa Code 135G.1
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
- subacute care facility: means an institution, place, building, or agency with restricted means of egress providing subacute mental health services for a period exceeding twenty-four consecutive hours to persons in need of the services. See Iowa Code 135G.1
- Subacute mental health services: means the same as defined in section 225C. See Iowa Code 135G.1
2. It is the intent of the general assembly that subacute mental health services be included in the Medicaid state plan adopted for the implementation of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, benchmark plan.
3. The department of inspections and appeals, in consultation with the department of human services and affected professional groups, shall adopt and enforce rules setting out the standards for a subacute care facility and the rights of the residents admitted to a subacute care facility. The department of inspections and appeals and the department of human services shall coordinate the adoption of rules and the enforcement of the rules in order to prevent duplication of effort by the departments and of requirements of the licensee.