DES MOINES — Counties could raise property taxes to generate more funding for mental health services under a bill introduced in the Iowa Legislature.The proposal comes as some urban counties are in danger of being removed from their multi-county regions that deliver mental health services throughout the state.“The other counties are going to divorce us,” said Lori Elam of the Scott County Community Services Department and the disability services coordinator in the Eastern Iowa mental health region.

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