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 < 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: 30 < 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. 35 -1- SF401.1370.H (2) 86 md 1/ 1 #1. #2.