Iowa Code 225C.3 – Division of mental health and disability services — state mental health authority
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1. The division is designated the state mental health authority as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 201(m) (1976) for the purpose of directing the benefits of the National Mental Health Act, 42 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. This designation does not preclude the state board of regents from authorizing or directing any institution under its jurisdiction to carry out educational, prevention, and research activities in the areas of mental health and intellectual disability. The division may contract with the state board of regents or any institution under the board’s jurisdiction to perform any of these functions.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 225C.3
- Administrator: means the administrator of the division. See Iowa Code 225C.2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Disability services: means services and other support available to a person with mental illness, an intellectual disability or other developmental disability, or brain injury. See Iowa Code 225C.2
- Division: means the division of mental health and disability services of the department. See Iowa Code 225C.2
- Institution: means a birthing hospital. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- Intellectual disability: means a diagnosis of intellectual disability or intellectual developmental disorder, global developmental delay, or unspecified intellectual disability or intellectual developmental disorder which diagnosis shall be made only when the onset of the person's condition was during the developmental period and based on an assessment of the person's intellectual functioning and level of adaptive skills. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- State board: means the children's behavioral health system state board created in section 225C. See Iowa Code 225C.2
2. The division is designated the state developmental disabilities agency for the purpose of directing the benefits of the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 15001 et seq.
3. The division is administered by the administrator. The administrator of the division shall be qualified in the general field of mental health, intellectual disability, or other disability services, and preferably in more than one field. The administrator shall have at least five years of experience as an administrator in one or more of these fields.