1. A children‘s behavioral health system state board is created as the state body to provide guidance on the implementation and management of a children’s behavioral health system for the provision of services to children with a serious emotional disturbance. State board members shall be appointed on the basis of interest and experience in the fields of children’s behavioral health to ensure adequate representation from persons with life experiences and from persons knowledgeable about children’s behavioral health services. The department shall provide support to the state board, and the board may utilize staff support and other assistance provided to the state board by other persons. The state board shall meet at least four times per year. The membership of the state board shall consist of the following persons:

 a. The director of the department of human services or the director’s designee.
 b. The director of the department of education or the director’s designee.
 c. The director of the department of public health or the director’s designee.
 d. The director of workforce development or the director’s designee.
 e. A member of the mental health and disability services commission.
 f. Members appointed by the governor who are active members of each of the indicated groups:

 (1) One member shall be selected from nominees submitted by the state court administrator.
 (2) One member shall be selected from nominees submitted by the early childhood Iowa office in the department of management.
 (3) One member shall be a board member or an employee of a provider of mental health services to children.
 (4) One member shall be a board member or an employee of a provider of child welfare services.
 (5) One member shall be an administrator of an area education agency.
 (6) One member shall be an educator, counselor, or administrator of a school district.
 (7) One member shall be a representative of an established advocacy organization whose mission or purpose it is, in part, to further goals related to children’s mental health.
 (8) One member shall be a parent or guardian of a child currently utilizing or who has utilized behavioral health services.
 (9) One member shall be a sheriff.
 (10) One member shall be a pediatrician.
 (11) One member shall be a representative from a health care system.
 (12) One member shall be a chief executive officer of a mental health and disability services region.
 g. In addition to the voting members, the membership shall include four members of the general assembly with one member designated by each of the following: the majority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of representatives. A legislative member serves for a term as provided in section 69.16B in a nonvoting, ex officio capacity and is not eligible for per diem and expenses as provided in section 2.10.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 225C.51

  • Administrator: means the administrator of the division. See Iowa Code 225C.2
  • Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
  • children: means a person or persons under eighteen years of age. See Iowa Code 225C.2
  • Commission: means the mental health and disability services commission. See Iowa Code 225C.2
  • Court: shall mean and include any court upon which jurisdiction has been conferred to determine the liability of persons for the support of dependents. See Iowa Code 252A.2
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Iowa Code 225C.2
  • Director: means the director of human services. See Iowa Code 225C.2
  • 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
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • 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
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • Mental health and disability services region: means a mental health and disability services region formed in accordance with section 331. See Iowa Code 225C.2
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • Serious emotional disturbance: means a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder of sufficient duration to meet diagnostic criteria specified within the most current diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders published by the American psychiatric association that results in a functional impairment. See Iowa Code 225C.2
  • 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
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. Members appointed by the governor shall serve four-year staggered terms and are subject to confirmation by the senate. The four-year terms shall begin and end as provided in section 69.19. Vacancies on the state board shall be filled as provided in section 2.32. A member shall not be appointed for more than two consecutive four-year terms.
 3. The director of the department of human services and the director of the department of education, or their designees, shall serve as co-chairpersons of the state board. Board members shall not be entitled to a per diem as specified in section 7E.6 and shall not be entitled to actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in their official duties.
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