Bill Text: IA HSB188 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill relating to stipends for the mental health professional shortage area program.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-04 - Voted - Human Resources. [HSB188 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HSB188-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
188
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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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:
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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
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