225C.18 - MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS.
225C.18 MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS.
1. A county may participate in a mental health and developmental
disabilities regional planning council. The region encompassed by a
planning council shall be determined by the counties participating in
the planning council.
2. The boards of supervisors of the counties comprising the
planning council shall determine the size and membership of the
planning council.
3. A planning council may perform the following tasks:
a. Develop a planning process and plan for services to
persons with disabilities residing in the region. Planning shall
encompass a five-year time span and shall be annually updated. The
plans shall be submitted to the boards of supervisors of the counties
in the region and to the commission.
b. Recommend the expenditure of all state and county funds,
and to the extent possible, federal funds for disability services
within the region.
c. Provide for input into the planning process by the public
and service consumers, providers, and funders.
d. Work with staff assigned to the planning council to
perform needs assessments, plan development, and to work with
consumers, providers, and funders, and fulfill other necessary
functions.
e. Make recommendations to the county boards of supervisors
associated with the planning area and to the commission, concerning
disability services and related budget issues.
f. Perform other duties at the request of the counties
comprising the region and of the commission.
4. The provisions of this section relating to services to persons
with disabilities are not intended as and shall not be construed as a
requirement to provide services. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1170, §19; 97 Acts, ch 169, § 8--11
Referred to in § 331.424A