Bill Text: IA HF691 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the qualifications of noncertified staff providing early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment benefit services under the Medicaid program.(Formerly HSB 172.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-15 - Referred to Human Resources. H.J. 965. [HF691 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF691-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
691
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
172)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
qualifications
of
noncertified
staff
1
providing
early
and
periodic
screening,
diagnosis,
and
2
treatment
benefit
services
under
the
Medicaid
program.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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691
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,
8
and
treatment
benefits,
to
provide
that,
beginning
July
1,
9
2021,
the
types
of
nonlicensed
practitioners
providing
such
10
services
may
include,
in
addition
to
noncertified
staff
11
with
a
bachelor’s
degree
in
education,
psychology,
social
12
work,
occupational
therapy,
physical
therapy,
or
speech
13
language
pathology,
those
nonlicensed
practitioners
who
hold
a
14
registered
behavior
technician
certification
from
a
nationally
15
recognized
accrediting
body
including
but
not
limited
to
the
16
behavior
analyst
certification
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,
beginning
July
1,
2021,
to
25
provide
that
the
types
of
nonlicensed
practitioners
providing
26
such
services
may
include,
in
addition
to
noncertified
staff
27
with
a
bachelor’s
degree
in
education,
psychology,
social
28
work,
occupational
therapy,
physical
therapy,
or
speech
29
language
pathology,
those
nonlicensed
practitioners
who
hold
a
30
registered
behavior
technician
certification
from
a
nationally
31
recognized
accrediting
body
including
but
not
limited
to
the
32
behavior
analyst
certification
board.
33
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