§ 225A.1 — Definitions

Iowa § 225A.1

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 225A: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM

Text

As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Administrative services organization” means an entity designated by the department
pursuant to section 225A.4, to develop and perform planning and administrative services in
accordance with a district behavioral health service system plan.
2. “Behavioral health condition” means a substantial limitation in major life activities due
to a mental, behavioral, or addictive disorder or condition diagnosed in accordance with the
criteria provided in the most current edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental
disorders, published by the American psychiatric association.
3. “Behavioral health district” or “district” means a geographic, multicounty, sub-state
area as designated by the department under section 225A.4.
4. “Behavioral health provider” or “provider” means an individual, firm, corporation,
association, or institution that, pursuant to this chapter, is providing or has been approved
by the department to provide services to an individual with a behavioral health condition.
5. “Behavioral health service system” means the behavioral health service system
established in section 225A.3.
6. “Caregiver” means an adult family member, or other individual, who is providing care
to a person outside of a formal program.
7. “Community mental health center” means an entity designated by the department to
address the mental health needs of one or more counties.
8. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
9. “Director” means the director of the department of health and human services.
10. “District behavioral health advisory council” or “advisory council” means a council
established by an administrative services organization under section 225A.5, to identify
opportunities, address challenges, and advise the administrative services organization in
accordance with section 225A.5.
11. “District behavioral health service system plan” or “district behavioral health plan”
means a plan developed by an administrative services organization and approved by the
department to outline the services intended to be provided within the administrative services
organization’s behavioral health district.
12. “Indicated prevention” means prevention activities designed to prevent the onset of
substance use disorders in individuals who do not meet the medical criteria for addiction, but
who show early signs of developing a substance use disorder in the future.
13. “Selective prevention” means prevention activities designed to target subsets of the
total population who are considered at-risk for a substance use disorder by virtue of their
membership in a particular segment of the population. Selective prevention targets the entire
subgroup, regardless of the degree of risk of any individual within the group.
14. “State behavioral health service system plan” or “state behavioral health plan” means
the plan developed by the department that describes the key components of the state’s
behavioral health service system.
§225A.1, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM 2
15. “Universal prevention” means prevention activities designed to address an entire
population class for the purpose of preventing or delaying the use of alcohol, tobacco, and
other drugs. Population classes include but are not limited to the national population, local
populations, community populations, school populations, and neighborhood populations.