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County approves renewed agreement for county mental‑health advocate as state shifts to ASO system
Summary
The board approved an agreement to continue sharing a mental‑health advocate across counties and clarified how state reorganization will change billing and reimbursement beginning July 1.
The Osceola County Board of Supervisors on June 24 approved an intercounty agreement to retain Abby Wallin as the county’s mental‑health advocate as Iowa changes how mental‑health services are administered.
Wallin, who said she has “been the mental health advocate for Osceola County for almost 10 years,” told supervisors that the state’s mental‑health and disability service regions are being replaced by district models using an administrative service organization (ASO) and a disability assistance program (DAP). She said counties remain required to appoint an advocate and that her employer of record is O’Brien County.
The agreement…
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