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1 1 SENATE FILE 2280
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
1 5 SERVICES FOR CERTAIN CHILD WELFARE SERVICES PROVIDERS AND
1 6 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
1 7
1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 9
1 10 Section 1. REHABILITATIVE TREATMENT CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
1 11 PROVIDERS.
1 12 1. The department of human services may adopt rules
1 13 utilizing the emergency procedures provided in subsection 4 as
1 14 necessary to implement the high-priority recommendation items
1 15 identified by the department's rehabilitative treatment
1 16 services provider regulation and quality improvement work
1 17 group listed in this section. In order to implement a listed
1 18 item, the department must determine that the item can be
1 19 implemented without additional cost to the state and, if
1 20 implementation of the item requires a state medical assistance
1 21 program plan amendment, the item must be approved by the
1 22 federal center for Medicare and Medicaid services.
1 23 2. Subject to the implementation conditions in subsection
1 24 1, the department shall adopt rules to take effect on or
1 25 before April 1, 2003, or within sixty days after receiving the
1 26 federal center's approval, whichever is later, to implement
1 27 all of the following:
1 28 a. Permitting deemed status for those providers of
1 29 services that are certified, or accredited to be in compliance
1 30 with relevant standards by the joint commission on the
1 31 accreditation of health care organizations or the council on
1 32 accreditation of services for families and children and that
1 33 make accreditation reports and records available to the
1 34 department.
1 35 b. Amending rules to maintain the group care standard for
2 1 a weekly average number of hours of therapy and counseling,
2 2 but determine compliance by averaging the hours per week over
2 3 the course of a month. The recoupment for failure to comply
2 4 shall be applied for a week at a time for noncompliance, not
2 5 to exceed the number of days paid. This standard shall not be
2 6 applied to a highly structured juvenile group care program.
2 7 c. Expanding the set of qualifications accepted for
2 8 rehabilitative treatment services staff positions.
2 9 d. Utilizing a weekly results summary for documentation of
2 10 the group care requirement for daily provision of skills
2 11 development.
2 12 3. Subject to the implementation conditions in subsection
2 13 1, the department shall adopt rules to take effect on or
2 14 before December 31, 2003, or within sixty days after receiving
2 15 the federal center's approval, whichever is later, to
2 16 implement all of the following:
2 17 a. Eliminating the care plan requirements regarding
2 18 licensing and treatment plan review; accepting a change in the
2 19 treatment plan in lieu of requiring the plan to be rewritten;
2 20 and permitting the provider to determine the author of the
2 21 treatment plan.
2 22 b. Revising and combining provider requirements involving
2 23 licensing, contracting, and certification so that duplicative
2 24 regulatory requirements are eliminated or minimized while the
2 25 department maintains its quality assurance role to an
2 26 appropriate degree. The requirements addressed shall include
2 27 but are not limited to those involving documentation in
2 28 records, and treatment plan provisions involving reviews,
2 29 changes, and authors.
2 30 4. The department of human services may adopt
2 31 administrative rules under section 17A.4, subsection 2, and
2 32 section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", to implement this
2 33 section and the rules shall become effective immediately upon
2 34 filing, unless the effective date is delayed by the
2 35 administrative rules review committee, notwithstanding section
3 1 17A.4, subsection 5, and section 17A.8, subsection 9, or a
3 2 later effective date is specified in the rules. Any rules
3 3 adopted in accordance with this section shall not take effect
3 4 before the administrative rules review committee reviews the
3 5 rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with this section
3 6 shall also be published as notice of intended action as
3 7 provided in section 17A.4.
3 8 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
3 9 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
3 10
3 11
3 12
3 13 MARY E. KRAMER
3 14 President of the Senate
3 15
3 16
3 17
3 18 BRENT SIEGRIST
3 19 Speaker of the House
3 20
3 21 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
3 22 is known as Senate File 2280, Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
3 23
3 24
3 25
3 26 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
3 27 Secretary of the Senate
3 28 Approved , 2002
3 29
3 30
3 31
3 32 THOMAS J. VILSACK
3 33 Governor
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