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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
559
BY
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
DONAHUE
,
PETERSEN
,
ZIMMER
,
and
WAHLS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
speech
language
pathologist
assistants
and
1
the
medical
assistance
program,
and
including
effective
date
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
249A.15B,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
249A.15B
Speech
pathologists
and
speech
language
pathologist
3
assistants
eligible
for
payment.
4
1.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
5
17A
entitling
speech
pathologists
who
are
licensed
pursuant
6
to
chapter
154F
,
including
those
certified
in
independent
7
practice,
to
payment
for
speech
pathology
services
provided
8
to
recipients
of
medical
assistance,
subject
to
limitations
9
and
exclusions
the
department
finds
necessary
on
the
basis
of
10
federal
laws
and
regulations.
11
2.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
12
17A
that
permit
a
speech
language
pathologist
assistant
who
13
practices
under
a
speech
pathologist
licensed
pursuant
to
14
chapter
154F
to
be
reimbursed
for
speech
language
pathology
15
assistant
services
provided
to
recipients
under
the
medical
16
assistance
program,
subject
to
limitations
and
exclusions
the
17
department
finds
necessary
on
the
basis
of
federal
laws
and
18
regulations.
19
Sec.
2.
MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
——
SPEECH
LANGUAGE
20
PATHOLOGIST
ASSISTANTS.
The
department
of
health
and
human
21
services
shall
submit
any
federal
waiver
or
amendment
to
the
22
centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
23
department
of
health
and
human
services
to
include
speech
24
language
pathologist
assistants
who
practice
under
a
licensed
25
speech
pathologist
to
participate
as
a
provider
under
the
26
medical
assistance
program.
27
Sec.
3.
CONTINGENT
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
following
takes
28
effect
upon
the
department
of
health
and
human
services’
29
receipt
of
federal
approval
to
allow
speech
language
30
pathologist
assistants
to
participate
as
a
provider
under
the
31
medical
assistance
program:
32
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
249A.15B.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
directs
the
department
of
health
and
human
2
services
(HHS)
to
adopt
rules
that
permit
a
speech
language
3
pathologist
assistant
practicing
under
a
licensed
speech
4
pathologist
to
be
reimbursed
for
speech
language
pathologist
5
assistant
services
provided
to
recipients
of
the
medical
6
assistance
program,
subject
to
limitations
and
exclusions
7
HHS
finds
necessary.
The
bill
also
directs
HHS
to
submit
8
any
necessary
federal
waiver
or
amendment
for
the
medical
9
assistance
program
to
include
a
speech
language
pathologist
10
assistant
practicing
under
a
licensed
speech
pathologist
to
11
participate
as
a
provider
under
the
medical
assistance
program.
12
HHS
shall
include
speech
language
pathologist
assistants
as
13
providers
under
the
medical
assistance
program
upon
HHS’s
14
receipt
of
federal
approval.
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