House Amendment 1331
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 389, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 40, line 7, by striking the word
1 4 <portion> and inserting the following: <portions>.
1 5 #2. Page 40, line 10, by inserting after the word
1 6 <program> the following: <and the physician assistant
1 7 mental health fellowship program>.
1 8 #3. Page 43, by inserting after line 25, the
1 9 following:
1 10 <(5) The physician assistant mental health
1 11 fellowship account. The physician assistant mental
1 12 health fellowship account shall be under the control
1 13 of the department of public health and the moneys in
1 14 the account shall be used for the purposes of the
1 15 physician assistant mental health fellowship program
1 16 as specified in this section. Moneys in the account
1 17 shall consist of moneys received by the fund or the
1 18 account and specifically dedicated to the physician
1 19 assistant mental health fellowship account."
1 20 #4. Page 43, line 34, by inserting after the word
1 21 <program,> the following: <the physician assistant
1 22 mental health fellowship program,>.
1 23 #5. Page 52, by inserting after line 28, the
1 24 following:
1 25 < . PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT MENTAL HEALTH FELLOWSHIP
1 26 PROGRAM.
1 27 a. The department of public health, in cooperation
1 28 with the commission, shall establish a physician
1 29 assistant mental health fellowship program to provide
1 30 fellowships to physician assistants to determine the
1 31 effect of making available specialized training and
1 32 support to physician assistants in providing mental
1 33 health services on efforts to address Iowa's shortage
1 34 of mental health professionals.
1 35 b. The program shall provide for all of the
1 36 following:
1 37 (1) Collaboration with a two=hundred=twenty=bed
1 38 hospital serving a thirteen=county area in central
1 39 Iowa that provides a clinic at the Iowa veterans home,
1 40 a private nonprofit agency headquartered in a city
1 41 with a population of more than one hundred ninety
1 42 thousand that operates a freestanding psychiatric
1 43 medical institution for children, a private university
1 44 with a medical school educating osteopathic physicians
1 45 located in a city with a population of more than one
1 46 hundred ninety thousand, the Iowa veterans home, and
1 47 any other clinical partner designated for the program.
1 48 Population figures used in this subparagraph refer to
1 49 the most recent certified federal census. The
1 50 clinical partners shall provide supervision, clinical
2 1 experience, training, and other support for the
2 2 program and physician assistant students participating
2 3 in the program.
2 4 (2) Elderly, youth, and general population
2 5 clinical experiences.
2 6 (3) A fellowship of twelve months for three
2 7 physician assistant students for each year of the
2 8 program.
2 9 (4) Supervision of students participating in the
2 10 program shall be provided by the university and the
2 11 other clinical partners participating in the program.
2 12 (5) A student participating in the program shall
2 13 be eligible for a stipend of not more than fifty
2 14 thousand dollars for the twelve months of the
2 15 fellowship plus related fringe benefits. In addition,
2 16 the students who complete the program and practice in
2 17 Iowa in mental health professional shortage areas, as
2 18 defined in section 135.80, shall be eligible for up to
2 19 twenty thousand dollars in loan forgiveness. The
2 20 stipend and loan forgiveness provisions shall be
2 21 determined by the department and the commission, in
2 22 consultation with the clinical partners.
2 23 (6) The public and private entity clinical
2 24 partners shall regularly evaluate and document the
2 25 experiences with the approaches utilized and outcomes
2 26 achieved by the program to identify an optimal model
2 27 for operating such a program on an ongoing basis. The
2 28 evaluation process shall include but is not limited to
2 29 identifying ways the program's clinical and training
2 30 components could be modified to facilitate other
2 31 student and practicing physician assistants
2 32 specializing as mental health professionals.>
2 33 #6. By renumbering as necessary.
2 34
2 35
2 36
2 37 WESSEL-KROESCHELL of Story
2 38 SF 389.305 83
2 39 pf/rj/22906
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