House File 497 H-1395 Amend House File 497 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 2 and inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 249A.15A, Code 2011, is amended 4 to read as follows: 5 249A.15A Licensed marital and family therapists and , 6 licensed master social workers , and licensed mental 7 health counselors . 8 1. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to 9 chapter 17A entitling marital and family therapists 10 who are licensed pursuant to chapter 154D to payment 11 for behavioral health services provided to recipients 12 of medical assistance, subject to limitations and 13 exclusions the department finds necessary on the basis 14 of federal laws and regulations. 15 2. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to 16 chapter 17A entitling master social workers who hold 17 a master’s degree approved by the board of social 18 work, are licensed as a master social worker pursuant 19 to section 154C.3, subsection 1 , paragraph “b” , and 20 provide treatment services under the supervision of an 21 independent social worker licensed pursuant to section 22 154C.3, subsection 1 , paragraph “c” , to payment for 23 behavioral health services provided to recipients 24 of medical assistance, subject to limitations and 25 exclusions the department finds necessary on the basis 26 of federal laws and regulations. 27 3. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to 28 chapter 17A entitling mental health counselors who 29 are licensed pursuant to chapter 154D to payment for 30 behavioral health services provided to recipients 31 of medical assistance, subject to limitations and 32 exclusions the department finds necessary on the basis 33 of federal laws and regulations. 34 Sec. 2. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE STATE PLAN —— MENTAL 35 HEALTH COUNSELORS. The department of human services 36 shall amend the medical assistance state plan to allow 37 mental health counselors licensed in the state to be 38 participating behavioral health providers under the 39 medical assistance program. > 40 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and 41 inserting < An Act relating to entitling mental health 42 counselors to payment for behavioral health services 43 provided under the Medicaid program. > 44 ______________________________ SCHULTE of Linn -1- HF497.1785 (2) 84 pf/nh 1/ 1 #1. #2.