H-1352

   Amend  the amendment, H-1345, to Senate File 505, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 40, line 41, by striking <be authorized to>
   2.  Page 40, line 44, by striking <be authorized to>
   3.  Page 41, line 7, by striking <be authorized to>
   4.  Page 44, line 37, by striking <160,950,003> and inserting <149,700,003>
   5.  Page 46, line 7, after <rules> by inserting <and adjusted as necessary to maintain expenditures within the amount appropriated to the department for this purpose for the fiscal year>
   6.  Page 46, line 44, by striking <and>
   7.  Page 46, line 45, after <rates> by inserting <, and adjusted as necessary to maintain expenditures within the amount appropriated to the department for this purpose for the fiscal year>
   8.  Page 48, line 9, after <rules> by inserting <, and adjusted as necessary to maintain expenditures within the amount appropriated to the department for this purpose for the fiscal year>
   9.  Page 48, after line 40 by inserting: 
   <___.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, reimbursement rates for substance-related disorder treatment programs licensed under section 125.13 shall be increased by 3 percent over the rates in effect on June 30, 2015.>
   10.  Page 62, by striking lines 49 and 50 and inserting <behavior analyst certification board or, is a health professional licensed under chapter 147

psychologist licensed under chapter 154B, or is a psychiatrist licensed under chapter 148.>
   11.  Page 72, after line 20 by inserting: 

<DIVISION ___
CONSUMER-DIRECTED ATTENDANT CARE OPTION
   Sec. ___.  2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1068, section 1, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  Beginning July 1, 2016 2015, the department may require services through the consumer-directed attendant care option to be provided through an agency but shall retain the consumer choices option for those individuals able and desiring to self-direct services. If the department does require services through the consumer-directed attendant care option to be provided through an agency beginning July 1, 2016 2015, an individual providing services to a member under a home and community-based services consumer-directed attendant care agreement in effect on June 30, 2016 2015, may continue to act as an individual provider under the agreement and payment to such provider is not considered funds incorrectly paid under the medical assistance program.

DIVISION ___
MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT —— PSYCHOLOGISTS
   Sec. ___.  Section 249A.15, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   249A.15  Licensed psychologists eligible for payment.

   The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A entitling psychologists who are licensed pursuant to chapter 154B and psychologists who are licensed in the state where the services are provided and have a doctorate degree in psychology, have had at least two years of clinical experience in a recognized health setting, or have met the standards of a national register of health service providers in psychology, to payment for services provided to recipients of medical assistance, subject to limitations and exclusions the department finds necessary on the basis of federal laws and regulations and of funds available for the medical assistance program.>

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HEATON of Henry