H.F. _____ Section 1. EARLY AND PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, AND 1 TREATMENT BENEFIT SERVICES —— MEDICAID —— QUALIFICATIONS FOR 2 NONCERTIFIED STAFF. The department of human services shall 3 amend the Medicaid state plan SPA #14-0022 approved as of 4 March 10, 2015, and retroactively effective to December 1, 5 2014, relating to preventive services as defined in 42 C.F.R. 6 §440.130(c), consistent with the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 7 §1905(a)(4)(B) for early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and 8 treatment benefits, to provide that the types of nonlicensed 9 practitioners providing such services may include, in addition 10 to noncertified staff with a bachelor’s degree in education, 11 psychology, social work, occupational therapy, physical 12 therapy, or speech language pathology, those nonlicensed 13 practitioners who hold a registered behavior technician 14 certification from a nationally recognized accrediting body 15 including but not limited to the behavior analyst certification 16 board. 17 EXPLANATION 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 19 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 20 This bill requires the department of human services 21 to amend the Medicaid state plan approved March 10, 2015, 22 and retroactively effective to December 1, 2014, relating 23 to preventive services for early and periodic screening, 24 diagnosis, and treatment benefits, to provide that the types 25 of nonlicensed practitioners providing such services may 26 include, in addition to noncertified staff with a bachelor’s 27 degree in education, psychology, social work, occupational 28 therapy, physical therapy, or speech language pathology, 29 those nonlicensed practitioners who hold a registered 30 behavior technician certification from a nationally recognized 31 accrediting body including but not limited to the behavior 32 analyst certification board. 33 -1- LSB 2247YC (5) 89 pf/rh 1/ 1