House Amendment 1099
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 146 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 14 through 17 and
1 3 inserting the following:
1 4 <3. The program shall provide stipends to support
1 5 psychiatrist positions with an emphasis on securing
1 6 and retaining medical directors at community mental
1 7 health centers, providers of mental health services to
1 8 county residents pursuant to a waiver approved under
1 9 section 225C.7, subsection 3, and hospital psychiatric
1 10 units that are located in mental health professional
1 11 shortage areas.>
1 12 #2. Page 1, by striking lines 18 through 22.
1 13 #3. Page 2, by inserting after line 8 the
1 14 following:
1 15 <Sec. . PSYCHOLOGIST INTERNSHIPS ==
1 16 APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the general
1 17 fund of the state to the department of public health
1 18 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending
1 19 June 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much
1 20 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
1 21 designated:
1 22 For a grant to a statewide association of
1 23 psychologists that is affiliated with the American
1 24 psychological association, to be used for initial
1 25 implementation of a program to rotate intern
1 26 psychologists in placements in urban and rural mental
1 27 health professional shortage areas, as defined in
1 28 section 135.80, as enacted by this Act:
1 29 .................................................. $ 50,000
1 30 Not more than 5 percent of the amount appropriated
1 31 in this section shall be used for administrative costs
1 32 associated with the grant.>
1 33 #4. Page 2, by inserting before line 9 the
1 34 following:
1 35 <Sec. . BEHAVIORAL HEALTH == DEVELOPING
1 36 WORKFORCE COMPETENCIES.
1 37 1. The department of public health shall work
1 38 collaboratively during the fiscal year beginning July
1 39 1, 2007, with the departments of corrections,
1 40 education, elder affairs, and human services, and
1 41 other state agencies, to enhance the workforce
1 42 competencies of professional and direct care staff who
1 43 provide behavioral health services, including but not
1 44 limited to all of the following:
1 45 a. Treatment of persons with co=occurring mental
1 46 health and substance use disorders.
1 47 b. Treatment of children with mental health or
1 48 substance use disorders.
1 49 c. Treatment of persons with serious mental
1 50 illness.
2 1 d. Treatment of veterans of United States or Iowa
2 2 military service with mental health or substance use
2 3 disorders.
2 4 e. Treatment of older adults with mental health or
2 5 substance use disorders.
2 6 2. The department's collaborative effort shall
2 7 utilize the findings of the substance abuse and mental
2 8 health services administration of the United States
2 9 department of health and human services and materials
2 10 developed by the Annapolis coalition on the behavioral
2 11 health workforce in planning and implementing efforts
2 12 to enhance the competency=based training of the
2 13 state's behavioral health workforce.>
2 14 #5. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and
2 15 inserting the following: <An Act relating to
2 16 behavioral health staffing by establishing a mental
2 17 health professional shortage area program and
2 18 addressing the training of persons providing mental
2 19 health services, and providing appropriations.>
2 20 #6. By renumbering as necessary.
2 21
2 22
2 23
2 24 COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES,
2 25 SMITH of Marshall, CHAIRPERSON
2 26 HF 146.703 82
2 27 jp/gg/7408
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