Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF200 Compare Versions

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11 House File 200 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 200 BY SITZMANN (COMPANION TO SF 57 BY EVANS) A BILL FOR An Act requiring the department of health and human services 1 to reimburse a county for the temporary holding of, or 2 confinement of, a sexually violent predator who commits 3 a public offense while subject to an order of civil 4 commitment. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 1781YH (3) 91 dg/ko
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33 H.F. 200 Section 1. Section 229A.5C, subsection 2, Code 2025, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. a. Upon the filing of a complaint, indictment, or 3 information, the person shall be transferred to the county 4 jail in the county where the public offense occurred until the 5 criminal proceedings have been completed. 6 b. If the person is sentenced to a term of confinement 7 in a county jail, the person shall serve the sentence at the 8 county jail. If the person is sentenced to the custody of the 9 director of the department of corrections, the person shall 10 serve the sentence at a correctional institution. 11 c. (1) If a person who is subject to an order of civil 12 commitment under this chapter is transferred to a county jail 13 or sentenced to a term of confinement in a county jail pursuant 14 to this subsection, the department shall reimburse the county 15 at a rate of fifty dollars per day for the time period the 16 person is temporarily held after transfer or is confined in 17 the county jail. 18 (2) The department shall use funds appropriated to the 19 department for costs associated with the treatment and 20 commitment of sexually violent predators in the unit located 21 at the state mental health institute at Cherokee, or use funds 22 transferred pursuant to section 218.6, for the payment of 23 reimbursements pursuant to subparagraph (1). 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill requires the department of health and human 28 services (HHS) to reimburse a county at a rate of $50 per 29 day when a sexually violent predator (SVP) is transferred to 30 the countys jail after the SVP committed a public offense 31 while subject to an order of civil commitment. If the SVP is 32 subsequently sentenced to confinement at the county jail, HHS 33 must reimburse the jail at a rate of $50 per day for each day 34 the SVP is confined. 35 -1- LSB 1781YH (3) 91 dg/ko 1/ 2
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55 H.F. 200 The bill requires HHS to use funds appropriated to HHS for 1 costs associated with the treatment and commitment of sexually 2 violent predators in the unit located at the state mental 3 health institute at Cherokee, or use funds transferred pursuant 4 to Code section 218.6 for the payment of reimbursements to 5 county jails. 6 -2- LSB 1781YH (3) 91 dg/ko 2/ 2