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Overview
In early 2024, new legislation was proposed, outlining a new behavioral health service system for Iowa. During the legislative session, Iowa HHS actively engaged with stakeholders and decision-makers to incorporate feedback into House File (HF) 2673. The Iowa Legislature passed HF 2673 with bi-partisan support, and the bill was signed into law on May 15, 2024. The law creates a new, person-centered behavioral health system. The system will create a shared responsibility model between Iowa HHS and system stakeholders to achieve statewide prevention, education, early intervention, treatment, recovery support and crisis services.
Iowa’s Behavioral Health Service System will transfer the oversight of disability services from local Mental Health and Disability Services (MHDS) Regions to the Division of Aging & Disability Services. The tasks to achieve this transfer can be found in the Transition Plan for the Behavioral Health Service System Alignment (906.18 KB).pdf (906.18 KB) .pdf .
HHS District Maps (670.51 KB) .pdf
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