House
Amendment
to
Senate
File
401
S-3113
Amend
Senate
File
401,
as
amended,
passed,
and
1
reprinted
by
the
Senate,
as
follows:
2
1.
Page
1,
by
striking
lines
1
through
14
and
3
inserting:
4
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Section
1.
Section
135G.6,
subsection
2,
Code
5
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
2.
a.
The
department
of
human
services
has
7
submitted
written
approval
of
the
application
based
8
upon
the
process
used
by
the
department
of
human
9
services
to
identify
the
best
qualified
providers.
10
The
process
implemented
by
the
department
of
human
11
services
shall
utilize
a
request
for
proposals
process
12
to
identify
the
best
qualified
providers
,
limit
the
13
number
of
subacute
care
facility
beds,
and
ensure
14
the
geographic
dispersion
of
subacute
mental
health
15
services.
16
b.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
not
give
17
approval
to
an
application
which
would
cause
the
number
18
of
publicly
funded
subacute
care
facility
beds
licensed
19
under
this
chapter
to
exceed
fifty
seventy-five
beds.
20
c.
b.
The
subacute
care
facility
beds
identified
21
by
the
request
for
proposals
process
initiated
on
or
22
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
shall
be
existing
23
beds
which
have
been
awarded
a
certificate
of
need
24
pursuant
to
chapter
135
new
beds
located
in
hospitals
25
and
facilities
licensed
as
a
subacute
care
facility
26
under
this
chapter
.
Such
beds
shall
not
be
required
27
to
obtain
an
additional
certificate
of
need
upon
28
conversion
to
licensed
subacute
care
facility
beds.
>
29
2.
Page
1,
after
line
35
by
inserting:
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Sec.
___.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
31
RULES.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
adopt
32
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
administer
the
section
33
of
this
Act
amending
section
135G.6.
>
34
3.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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