IA HF139

Allows involuntary commitment applications for substance use disorders or serious mental impairments to be filed in any Iowa district court, rather than requiring filing in the respondent's county of residence or location

Requires courts to transfer jurisdiction to the district court where the respondent is currently located or resides if the application was filed in an unrelated county

Authorizes peace officers and sheriffs to take respondents into custody in any county where they are found for placement at a treatment facility, expanding current jurisdictional limitations

Requires hospital or facility chief medical officers to notify law enforcement when a respondent departs without authorization or fails to appear for court-ordered treatment, with law enforcement required to exercise due diligence to take the person into custody

Directs the Iowa Supreme Court to adopt rules implementing these procedural changes for involuntary commitment proceedings