House Study Bill 188 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON MILLER) A BILL FOR An Act relating to stipends for the mental health professional 1 shortage area program. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2571YC (3) 86 rh/rj

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 135.180, subsection 3, Code 2015, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 3. a. The program shall provide stipends to support 3 psychiatrist positions with an emphasis on securing and 4 retaining medical directors at community mental health centers, 5 providers of mental health services to county residents 6 pursuant to a waiver approved under section 225C.7, subsection 7 3, Code 2011, and hospital psychiatric units that are located 8 in mental health professional shortage areas. 9 b. The program shall provide stipends to support psychiatric 10 positions at nonprofit agencies licensed under chapter 135H 11 that provide outpatient mental health services if at least 12 fifty percent of the outpatient clients are covered under the 13 medical assistance program established in chapter 249A. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill relates to stipends for the mental health 18 professional shortage area program. 19 The mental health professional shortage area program 20 provides funding to agencies to assist with the recruitment 21 and retention of mental health professionals in medically 22 underserved areas of Iowa. The program provides stipends to 23 support psychiatrist positions with an emphasis on securing and 24 retaining medical directors at community mental health centers, 25 providers of mental health services to county residents, and 26 hospital psychiatric units that are located in mental health 27 professional shortage areas. 28 The bill provides that the program shall provide stipends to 29 support psychiatric positions at nonprofit agencies licensed 30 under Code chapter 135H (psychiatric medical institutions for 31 children) that provide outpatient mental health services if at 32 least 50 percent of the outpatient clients are covered under 33 the medical assistance program established in Code chapter 34 249A. “Medical assistance” is defined in Code section 249A.2 35 -1- LSB 2571YC (3) 86 rh/rj 1/ 2

H.F. _____ to mean payment of all or part of the costs of the care and 1 services made in accordance with Tit. XIX of the federal Social 2 Security Act and authorized pursuant to Code chapter 249A. 3 -2- LSB 2571YC (3) 86 rh/rj 2/ 2