House Amendment 8131


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2603 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 2, by striking lines 16 through 33 and
     1  3 inserting the following:  <and if a psychiatrist
     1  4 licensed pursuant to chapter 148, 150, or 150A
     1  5 personally evaluates the patient on at least an annual
     1  6 basis.
     1  7    b.  (1)  An advanced registered nurse practitioner
     1  8 who is not certified as a psychiatric advanced
     1  9 registered nurse practitioner but who meets the
     1 10 qualifications set forth in the definition of a mental
     1 11 health professional in section 228.1 on July 1, 2008,
     1 12 may complete periodic reports pursuant to paragraph
     1 13 "a".
     1 14    (2)  An advanced registered nurse practitioner in
     1 15 the process of becoming qualified as a mental health
     1 16 professional pursuant to section 228.1, may complete
     1 17 periodic reports pursuant to paragraph "a" upon
     1 18 meeting such qualifications, if such qualifications
     1 19 are met by July 1, 2010.>
     1 20 #2.  Page 4, by striking lines 13 through 30 and
     1 21 inserting the following:  <paragraph "c", and if a
     1 22 psychiatrist licensed pursuant to chapter 148, 150, or
     1 23 150A personally evaluates the patient on at least an
     1 24 annual basis.
     1 25    b.  (1)  An advanced registered nurse practitioner
     1 26 who is not certified as a psychiatric advanced
     1 27 registered nurse practitioner but who meets the
     1 28 qualifications set forth in the definition of a mental
     1 29 health professional in section 228.1 on July 1, 2008,
     1 30 may complete periodic reports pursuant to paragraph
     1 31 "a".
     1 32    (2)  An advanced registered nurse practitioner in
     1 33 the process of becoming qualified as a mental health
     1 34 professional pursuant to section 228.1, may complete
     1 35 periodic reports pursuant to paragraph "a" upon
     1 36 meeting such qualifications, if such qualifications
     1 37 are met by July 1, 2010.>
     1 38 #3.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
     1 39 word <practitioners> the following:  <and
     1 40 psychiatrists>.
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     1 44 UPMEYER of Hancock
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     1 48 SMITH of Marshall
     1 49 HF 2603.501 82
     1 50 rh/rj/20704

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