Local Government Committee Report – Week 14, 2019

FLOOR ACTION:

HF 516 – County sheriff and police chief voting on joint 911 service board

HF 685 – Cost of medical aid provided to prisoners in jails

 

FLOOR ACTION:

HF 516 – County sheriff and police chief voting on joint 911 service board

HF 516 provides voting membership on a joint 911 service board to county sheriffs and each local police chief within a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP).

[4/17: 50-0 ]

 

HF 685 – Cost of medical aid provided to prisoners in jails

HF 685 creates a work group comprised of the Iowa Sheriff’s and Deputies Association, the Iowa Association of Counties and the Iowa Hospital Association to review current process of payment for medical aid provided in county jails. The group must consider and propose recommendations related to prisoner payment, responsibility, payment processes and rates, and submit recommendations to the Legislature by December 15, 2019.

[4/15: 49-0 (Absent: Shipley)]