HF 534 (LSB 2571HV (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE 534

BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 188)

(As Amended and Passed by the House 2015-03-26)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to stipends for the mental health professional shortage area program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 135.180, subsection 3, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  a.  The program shall provide stipends to support psychiatrist positions with an emphasis on securing and retaining medical directors at community mental health centers, providers of mental health services to county residents pursuant to a waiver approved under section 225C.7, subsection 3, Code 2011, and hospital psychiatric units that are located in mental health professional shortage areas.
   b.  The program shall provide stipends to support psychiatric positions at nonprofit agencies licensed under chapter 135H that provide mental health services if at least fifty percent of the clients are covered under the medical assistance program established in chapter 249A.
    Sec. 2.  Section 135.180, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  Any funds remaining available after the expenditures made pursuant to subsection 3 shall be used by the program to provide stipends to support all of the following:
   a.  Psychiatrist positions at community mental health centers and hospital psychiatric units if at least fifty percent of the clients served in the community mental health centers or in the hospital psychiatric units are covered under the medical assistance program established in chapter 249A.
   b.  Psychiatric physicians who provide consulting services to community mental health centers and hospital psychiatric units that are located in mental health professional shortage areas.
   c.  Physicians in a psychiatric residency program agreeing to provide services in a mental health professional shortage area for a minimum of five years.