Legislative Update – WEEK 15

4/21/2021   Week 15: IMHCA

1.   Need to know

SF 524 Psychaitric Bed tracking (Formerly SSB 1227)

  • A bill for an act establishing an inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system study committee
  • Amendment adopted and passed through the house unanimously

SSB 1267 (now SF 606) Senate budget bill

 

  • A bill for an act relating to appropriations for health and human services and veterans and including other related provisions and appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive and other applicability date provisions
  • On 04/20/2021 Committee report approving bill

2.   New bill HHS Budget for the house-undecided until amended (pages 68-70 being amended)

Link: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/SD/1219737.pdf

Spreadsheet: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/SD/1219738.pdf

 

Bills & Rules Watch
Note Name Title
Audio only telehealth-support* – unfinished business calendar HF 431  

A bill for an act relating to the provision of audio-only telehealth or telemedicine by health care professionals.(Formerly HF 88.)

Supervision Requirements-support* – passed committee; added to the House HHS budget bill HF 485  

A bill for an act relating to supervision requirements for licensed marital and family therapists, mental health counselors, and social workers, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 107.)

Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa – support* Fiscal Note: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/FN/1215310.pdf HJR 11  

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the qualifications of electors.(Formerly HSB 143.)

Continuing Education Requirements -support* – unfinished business calendar SF 354  

A bill for an act relating to continuing education requirements for persons holding certain professional and occupational licenses. (Formerly SF 163.)

Governing Board-undecided* – unfinished business calendar SF 461  

A bill for an act relating to the voting members of a governing board of a mental health and disability services region.(Formerly SSB 1158.)

Operation of State Government-undecided* – unfinished business calendar SF 487  

A bill for an act relating to the operation of state government, including the review of state boards and the regulation of professions and occupations, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1046.)

New BH Telehealth and Psychiatric Bed Tracking – support* – unfinished business calendar; Fiscal Note: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/FN/1219694.pdf SF 524  

A bill for an act establishing an inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system study committee.(Formerly SSB 1227.)

Applied Behavioral Analysis-undecided* Sent to Governor SF 532  

A bill for an act providing for statements of professional recognition for licensed behavior analysts and mental health professionals by the board of educational examiners and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1231.)

Mental Health Financing-undecided* In house ways and means. Fiscal note https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/FN/1218726.pdf SF 587  

A bill for an act relating to state and local government financing, programs, and operations, by modifying provisions relating to mental health and disability services funding, school district funding, commercial and industrial property tax replacement payments, and other specified tax provisions, making appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1253.)

Senate Budget Bill-undecided* SF 606  

A bill for an act relating to appropriations for health and human services and veterans and including other related provisions and appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive and other applicability date provisions.(Formerly SSB 1267.)

Block Grants-undecided* SSB 1257  

A bill for an act appropriating federal moneys made available from federal block grants and other nonstate sources, allocating portions of federal block grants, and providing procedures if federal moneys or federal block grants are more or less than anticipated, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

Governor’s HHS Bill-undecided* SSB 1266  

A bill for an act relating to appropriations for health and human services and veterans and including other related provisions and appropriations, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.