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>. 1 41 1 42 1 43 1 44 UPMEYER of Hancock 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 SMITH of Marshall 1 49 HF 2603.501 82 1 50 rh/rj/20704 -1-