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Des Moines County OKs resolution to terminate Southeast Iowa regional mental health agency effective Nov. 30, 2025
Summary
The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution acknowledging legislative changes and authorizing termination of the Southeast Iowa regional mental health agency, with the county listing an effective close-out date of Nov. 30, 2025.
The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a resolution recognizing changes enacted in House File 2673 and acknowledging regional counties’ decisions to terminate the Mental Health Agency of the Southeast Iowa Region, with the agency’s closeout effective on Nov. 30, 2025.
The resolution, read at the board’s May 13 meeting, cited enactment of “House File 2673, an act related to the state behavioral health, disability and addictive disorder services” and noted the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services’ role in approving the regional closeout. A staff member reading the resolution said the agency would “terminate effective 11/30/2025.”
The nut graf: the vote formalizes the county’s recognition of state-level restructuring of behavioral health services and a coordinated regional decision to end the Southeast Iowa mental health agency. That change follows state legislative action and state agency direction referenced during the meeting.
In discussion before the vote, the resolution text read aloud listed member counties that had voted to approve the termination. The board then moved to approve the resolution; roll call recorded affirmative responses from the supervisors present. The board did not adopt additional implementing language during the meeting, and no amendments to the resolution were proposed on the floor.
The action formally places Des Moines County in step with other member counties responding to the state’s reorganization of behavioral health and disability services. The board did not on May 13 specify follow-up tasks, departmental assignments, or a timetable for transition activities beyond the stated termination date.
Officials at the meeting cited the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services as the state agency overseeing aspects of the transition; the resolution text referenced the enacted House File 2673 as the legislative basis for the changes. The board’s approval is administrative: it recognizes the regional decision and records the county’s position rather than adopting new county-level service structures at this meeting.
Looking ahead, county staff and the Department of Health and Human Services will be responsible for finalizing administrative closeout steps tied to the Nov. 30, 2025 effective date.
