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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2280, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 4 clause and inserting the following: 1 5 "Section 1. REHABILITATIVE TREATMENT CHILD WELFARE 1 6 SERVICES PROVIDERS. 1 7 1. The department of human services may adopt 1 8 rules utilizing the emergency procedures provided in 1 9 subsection 4 as necessary to implement the high- 1 10 priority recommendation items identified by the 1 11 department's rehabilitative treatment services 1 12 provider regulation and quality improvement work group 1 13 listed in this section. In order to implement a 1 14 listed item, the department must determine that the 1 15 item can be implemented without additional cost to the 1 16 state and, if implementation of the item requires a 1 17 state medical assistance program plan amendment, the 1 18 item must be approved by the federal center for 1 19 Medicare and Medicaid services. 1 20 2. Subject to the implementation conditions in 1 21 subsection 1, the department shall adopt rules to take 1 22 effect on or before April 1, 2003, or within sixty 1 23 days after receiving the federal center's approval, 1 24 whichever is later, to implement all of the following: 1 25 a. Permitting deemed status for those providers of 1 26 services that are certified, or accredited to be in 1 27 compliance with relevant standards by the joint 1 28 commission on the accreditation of health care 1 29 organizations or the council on accreditation of 1 30 services for families and children and that make 1 31 accreditation reports and records available to the 1 32 department. 1 33 b. Amending rules to maintain the group care 1 34 standard for a weekly average number of hours of 1 35 therapy and counseling, but determine compliance by 1 36 averaging the hours per week over the course of a 1 37 month. The recoupment for failure to comply shall be 1 38 applied for a week at a time for noncompliance, not to 1 39 exceed the number of days paid. This standard shall 1 40 not be applied to a highly structured juvenile group 1 41 care program. 1 42 c. Expanding the set of qualifications accepted 1 43 for rehabilitative treatment services staff positions. 1 44 d. Utilizing a weekly results summary for 1 45 documentation of the group care requirement for daily 1 46 provision of skills development. 1 47 3. Subject to the implementation conditions in 1 48 subsection 1, the department shall adopt rules to take 1 49 effect on or before December 31, 2003, or within sixty 1 50 days after receiving the federal center's approval, 2 1 whichever is later, to implement all of the following: 2 2 a. Eliminating the care plan requirements 2 3 regarding licensing and treatment plan review; 2 4 accepting a change in the treatment plan in lieu of 2 5 requiring the plan to be rewritten; and permitting the 2 6 provider to determine the author of the treatment 2 7 plan. 2 8 b. Revising and combining provider requirements 2 9 involving licensing, contracting, and certification so 2 10 that duplicative regulatory requirements are 2 11 eliminated or minimized while the department maintains 2 12 its quality assurance role to an appropriate degree. 2 13 The requirements addressed shall include but are not 2 14 limited to those involving documentation in records, 2 15 and treatment plan provisions involving reviews, 2 16 changes, and authors. 2 17 4. The department of human services may adopt 2 18 administrative rules under section 17A.4, subsection 2 19 2, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", to 2 20 implement this section and the rules shall become 2 21 effective immediately upon filing, unless the 2 22 effective date is delayed by the administrative rules 2 23 review committee, notwithstanding section 17A.4, 2 24 subsection 5, and section 17A.8, subsection 9, or a 2 25 later effective date is specified in the rules. Any 2 26 rules adopted in accordance with this section shall 2 27 not take effect before the administrative rules review 2 28 committee reviews the rules. Any rules adopted in 2 29 accordance with this section shall also be published 2 30 as notice of intended action as provided in section 2 31 17A.4. 2 32 Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed 2 33 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment." 2 34 #2. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 2 35 word "providers" the following: "and providing an 2 36 effective date". 2 37 #3. By renumbering as necessary. 2 38 SF 2280H 2 39 jp/es/25
Text: S05406 Text: S05408 Text: S05400 - S05499 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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