Legislative Update – WEEK 8 – Funnel week DEAD or ALIVE – Iowa Mental Health Counselors Association

IMHCA Week 8

1. Bills of the week

A. SF 524-Psychiatric Bed Tracking (Formerly SSB 1227):

i. This bill establishes an inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system study committee. DHS to convene a study committed during the interim to examine issues and develop policy recommendations relating to improvement to the inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system including but not limited to expanding the acuity of disabilities a hospital or facility is able to accept in its program to include but not be limited to persons with certain mental disabilities, behavioral disabilities, and sexually or physically aggressive behaviors.

1. Support

B. SF 528-Mental Illness Reports

i. This bill relates to reports prepared by a chief medical officer, licensed physician, or a mental health professional concerning the hospitalization of a person with a mental illness

1. Support

2. Need to know

A. Bills that are still Alive after the first funnel

i. HF 269: Out-of-State Telehealth

ii. HF 294: Mental Health Telehealth Parity

iii. HF 431 Audio Only Telehealth

iv. HF 446: Reimbursement for SUD

v. HF 479: IMD Waiver

vi. HF 706: Reimbursement $ Parity

vii. HF 731: Outside Health Carriers

viii. HF 736: Limitations of Medicaid

ix. HJR 11: Amendment to the Constitution of the State of IA

x. HSB 225 Medicaid Reimbursement

xi. SF 354: Continuing Education Requirements

xii. SF 389: Public Assistance Program Oversight

xiii. SF 424: Apprenticeship

xiv. SF 461: Voting Members of Governing Board

xv. SF 463: Occupational Therapy Licensure

xvi. SF 487: Operation of State Government

xvii. SF 524: Psychiatric Bed Tracking

xviii. SF 526: Emergency Detention

xix. SF 528: Mental Illness Reports

Bills & Rules Watch
Note	Name	Title
Medicaid waiver for SUD-support* dead	HF 108	A bill for an act relating to a Medicaid demonstration waiver to support and improve the delivery of substance use disorder treatment services.
Gender Identity Hate Crimes-Undecided* dead	HF 120	A bill for an act modifying the elements defining hate crimes, and providing penalties.
Online Continuing Education-support* dead	HF 132	A bill for an act relating to online continuing education courses for maintaining a professional license.
Extension of License deadlines-support* dead	HF 133	A bill for an act relating to the extension of deadlines for the completion of continuing education requirements.
Bans Transgender bathrooms-Against* dead	HF 187	A bill for an act relating to unfair practices involving access to areas of public accommodations or educational institutions.
Legalize Conversion Therapy-Against* dead	HF 193	A bill for an act relating to actions relative to treatment or intervention regarding the discordance between a minor’s sex and gender identity, and providing civil penalties.
mental health telehealth parity – support*- alive	HF 294	A bill for an act relating to reimbursement rates for health care services for mental health conditions, illnesses, injuries, or diseases provided to covered persons by telehealth, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 89.)
Audio only telehealth-support* alive	HF 431	A bill for an act relating to the provision of audio-only telehealth or telemedicine by health care professionals.(Formerly HF 88.)
Reimbursement for SUD. -undecided* dead	HF 446	A bill for an act relating to substance use disorder treatment and behavioral health services and reimbursement, and including effective date provisions.
Evaluation of MCO’s-support* dead	HF 447	A bill for an act relating to the evaluation of Medicaid-managed care long-term services and supports.
IMD Waiver-undecided* alive	HF 479	A bill for an act relating to a Medicaid demonstration waiver to support and improve the delivery of mental health services through institutions for mental diseases.
Supervision for Therapists-supported* dead	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.)
Bed Tracking-Undecided-no one has registered * -dead	HF 54	A bill for an act relating to the inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system.
Telehealth $ Parity (Formerly 294)-support* dead	HF 612	A bill for an act relating to reimbursement rates for health care services provided to covered persons by telehealth, and including retroactive applicability provisions.
Non-medical Switching-support* dead	HF 656	A bill for an act relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit plans, and utilization review organizations, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 372.)
MHDS region funding-undecided* dead	HF 661	A bill for an act relating to mental health and disability services regions, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
EPSDT Non-certified Staff-undecided* dead	HF 691	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.)
Reimbursement $ Parity-Support* alive	HF 706	A bill for an act relating to reimbursement rates for health care services provided to covered persons by telehealth, and including applicability provisions.
Outside Health Carriers-undecided* alive	HF 731	A bill for an act prohibiting certain health carriers from excluding certain out-of-state health care professionals from participating as providers, via telehealth, under the carriers’ policies, plans, and contracts, and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 269.)
Limitations of Medicaid-support* alive	HF 736	A bill for an act relating to limitations on activities related to paid claims under the Medicaid program, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 225.)
Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa – support – alive	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.)
Medicaid Program & Oversight-support* dead	HSB 169	A bill for an act relating to Medicaid program processes and oversight.
Occupational therapy licensure-undecided* dead	HSB 201	A bill for an act establishing the occupational therapy licensure compact.
Non medical switching-support* – dead – House version Alive	SF 178	A bill for an act relating to continuity of care and nonmedical switching by health carriers, health benefit plans, and utilization review organizations, and including applicability provisions.
Transportation Services for disabled-support* dead	SF 293	A bill for an act including transportation services as a core service domain under the regional mental health and disability services system.
Continuing Education Requirements -support- alive	SF 354	A bill for an act relating to continuing education requirements for persons holding certain professional and occupational licenses. (Formerly SF 163.)
Public Assistance Program Oversight – oppose* 2/22 Fiscal Note: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/FN/1213345.pdf alive	SF 389	A bill for an act relating to public assistance program oversight.(Formerly SSB 1125.)
Competitive Grant – undecided* dead	SF 398	A bill for an act relating to a mental health service providers competitive grant program for school districts and area education agencies, making an appropriation, and including effective date provisions.
Certificate of need–undecided* dead	SF 4	A bill for an act relating to the elimination of the certificate of need process relating to the development of a new or changed institutional health service.
Apprenticeship- -undecided* alive	SF 424	A bill for an act relating to the licensure of persons completing an apprenticeship, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly SSB 1149.)
Voting Members of Governing Board-undecided* alive	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.)
Occupational Therapy Licensure – undecided- alive	SF 463	A bill for an act establishing the occupational therapy licensure compact.(Formerly SSB 1185.)
Operation of State Government-undecided* alive	SF 487	A bill for an act relating to the operation of state government, including the review of state boards, the regulation of professions and occupations, and investigations conducted by state boards, and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly SSB 1046.)
Psychiatric Bed Tracking – support*- alive	SF 524	A bill for an act establishing an inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system study committee.(Formerly SSB 1227.)
Emergency Detention – undecided*- alive	SF 526	A bill for an act relating to the emergency detention of a person experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis and access centers.(Formerly SSB 1234.)
Mental Illness Reports – support* – alive	SF 528	A bill for an act relating to reports prepared by a chief medical officer, licensed physician, or a mental health professional concerning the hospitalization of a person with a mental illness.(Formerly SSB 1229.)
Psychology interjurisdictional.-undecided* dead	SF 78	A bill for an act adopting the psychology interjurisdictional compact.
Telehealth $ parity-registered as support*; incomplete needs amendment dead	SF 92	A bill for an act relating to reimbursement rates for health care services provided to covered persons by telehealth, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
Felon voting rights – Support* dead	SSB 1134	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the qualifications of electors.
Medicaid Program Processes & Oversight-Support* Dead	SSB 1164	A bill for an act relating to Medicaid program processes and oversight.