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
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