Section 225C.55 - DefinitionsAs used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1."Children's behavioral health services" means the same as defined in section 225C.2.2."Department" means the department of health and human services.3."Director" means the director of health and human services.4."Disability services" means the same as defined in section 225C.2.5."Population" means, as of July 1 of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the population figure is applied, the population shown by the latest preceding certified federal census or the latest applicable population estimate issued by the United States census bureau, whichever is most recent.6."Regional administrator" means the administrative office, organization, or entity formed by agreement of the counties participating in a region to function on behalf of those counties in accordance with this subchapter.7."Serious emotional disturbance" means the same as defined in section 225C.2.8."State board" means the children's system state board created in section 225C.51.9."State commission" means the mental health and disability services commission created in section 225C.5.Renumbered from §331.388 by 2023 Iowa, ch 140, s 15, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2023 Iowa, ch 19, s 1086, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2019 Iowa, ch 61, s 10, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by 2014 Iowa, ch 1140,s 74, eff. 7/1/2014.2012 Acts, ch 1120, §31, 37, 39Referred to in §222.2, 225.1, 225C.2, 225C.7A, 226.1, 227.1, 229.1, 230.1, 235.7
See Code editor's note on simple harmonization at the beginning of this Code volume
Section transferred from §331.388 in Code 2024 pursuant to directive in 2023 Acts, ch 140, §15
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