House Journal: Page 959: Wednesday, March 31, 1999

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: 
House Files 703 and 634.
The House resumed consideration of House File 741, a bill for an 
act relating to the authorization requirements for psychiatric medical 
institutions for children and providing an effective date, previously 
deferred on March 29, 1999, was taken up for consideration.
Dolecheck of Ringgold offered the following amendment H?1312 
filed by him and Chapman of Linn and moved its adoption:
H-1312
 1     Amend House File 741 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, by striking lines 25 through 33 and
 3   inserting the following:  "135C. Unless a psychiatric
 4   institution was accredited to provide psychiatric
 5   services by the joint commission on the 
accreditation
 6   of health care organizations under the 
commission's
 7   consolidated standards for residential settings prior
 8   to June 1, 1989, the department of 
human services
 9   shall not approve an application for a 
license under
10   this chapter until the federal health care 
financing
11   administration has approved a state Title XIX 
plan
12   amendment to include coverage of services in 
a
13   psychiatric medical institution for children."
14     2.  Page 3, by striking lines 6 through 16 and
15   inserting the following:
16     8. 10.  A psychiatric institution licensed prior to
17   January July 1, 1996 1999, may exceed the number of
18   beds authorized under subsections 5 and subsection 6
19   if the excess beds are used to provide services funded
20   from a source other than the medical assistance
21   program under chapter 249A.  Notwithstanding
22   subsections 4, 5, and 6, the provision of services
23   using such those excess beds does not require a
24   certificate of need or a review by the department of
25   human services."
Amendment H?1312 was adopted.
Van Engelenhoven of Mahaska moved that the bill be read a last 
time now and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the 
bill was read a last time.

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