Iowa Code Title VI. Human Services [Chs. 216-255A] § 225A.1. Definitions

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.

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.