Mental Health and Disability Redesign 2011

This site was established to support the workgroups making recommendations to the Iowa Legislature for redesign of the mental health and disability system in Iowa.  This page will be updated frequently with general information as well as with updates from each workgroup.   

 

Announcements

 

2012 Legislative Session           Click here

You can follow the progress of the Mental Health and Disability Services Redesign at the Iowa Legislature website at http://www.legis.iowa.gov/.

You can access the 2012 Legislation Session daily schedule at www.legis.iowa.gov/Schedules/schedules.aspx.  

You can access the current MHDS Redesign DRAFT Legislation at https://www.legis.iowa.gov/Schedules/committeeDocs.aspx?GA=84&CID=541.  

MHDS Redesign Reports 

DHS Final Iowa Mental Health and Disability Services System Redesign Report

Preliminary Recommendations Report

Final PMIC Transition Plan

 

Public Comments

Advocate & Consumer Recommendations  10/04/11

Advocate & Consumer Recommendations Final Report

Comments from Listening Posts

Written Comments

Comments submitted to Redesign Email

 

Workgroups   

Combined Workgroup Meetings

Adult Mental Health System Redesign Workgroup (MH)

Best Practices and Program for Persons with Brain Injury Workgroup (BI)

Adult Intellectual and Developmental Disability System Redesign Workgroup (IDDD) 

Children's Disability Services Workgroup (Children)

Regionalization Workgroup (Regional)

Judicial Branch and DHS Workgroup (Judicial-DHS)

PMIC Transition Workgroup

Service System Data and Statistical Information Integration Workgroup

 

General Information

Invitation to attend hearings

Mental Health Consultants Appointed

Senate File 525

Senate File 209

MHDS State Plan or Olmstead State Plan

Participant List for Workgroups

Calendar of Redesign Meetings 

Meeting Location of Workgroups 

 

Contact Us

Please feel free to e-mail your comments to:  DHS-MHDSRedesign@dhs.state.ia.us

 

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