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House Amendment 1474

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend Senate File 458, as passed by the Senate, as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 13, by inserting after line 15 the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "Sec. 100.  REHABILITATIVE TREATMENT SERVICES STAFF
  1  6 REQUIREMENTS.
  1  7    1.  Subject to federal requirements, the department
  1  8 of human services shall act to change the staff
  1  9 qualification requirements for rehabilitative
  1 10 treatment services provided under the medical
  1 11 assistance program that are applicable to those staff
  1 12 providing therapy and counseling services, and
  1 13 psychosocial evaluation and behavioral management
  1 14 services for children in therapeutic foster care.
  1 15 Under the change, such staff who have graduated from
  1 16 an accredited four-year college, institute, or
  1 17 university with a bachelor's degree in social work in
  1 18 a program that is accredited by the council on social
  1 19 work education shall not be required to have full-time
  1 20 experience in social work or experience in the
  1 21 delivery of human services in a public or private
  1 22 area.
  1 23    2.  If necessary to implement the change required
  1 24 by this section, the department shall submit a plan
  1 25 amendment or otherwise request authorization from the
  1 26 United States health care financing administration.
  1 27 In addition, as necessary to quickly implement the
  1 28 change, the department may adopt emergency rules under
  1 29 section 17A.4, subsection 2, and section 17A.5,
  1 30 subsection 2, paragraph "b", to implement the
  1 31 provisions of this section and the rules shall be
  1 32 effective immediately upon filing unless a later date
  1 33 is specified in the rules.  Any rules adopted in
  1 34 accordance with this section shall also be published
  1 35 as a notice of intended action as provided in section
  1 36 17A.4.
  1 37    Sec.    .  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 100, of this
  1 38 division of this Act, relating to rehabilitative
  1 39 treatment services staff requirements, being deemed of
  1 40 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment."
  1 41    #2.  Title page, line 5, by inserting after the
  1 42 word "rights" the following:  ", and providing an
  1 43 effective date".
  1 44    #3.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  1 45 
  1 46 
  1 47                               
  1 48 HEATON of Henry
  1 49 
  1 50 
  2  1                               
  2  2 FOEGE of Linn
  2  3 
  2  4 
  2  5                               
  2  6 JOHNSON of Osceola 
  2  7 
  2  8 
  2  9                               
  2 10 HOUSER of Pottawattamie 
  2 11 
  2 12 
  2 13                               
  2 14 BRUNKHORST of Bremer
  2 15 
  2 16 
  2 17                               
  2 18 HOVERSTEN of Woodbury 
  2 19 
  2 20 
  2 21                               
  2 22 ARNOLD of Lucas 
  2 23 
  2 24 
  2 25                               
  2 26 BROERS of Cerro Gordo
  2 27 SF 458.301 79
  2 28 jp/cf
     

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