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Senate File 532 - Enrolled
                                                     Senate File 532
                                  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.
 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
 1      Section 1. Section 272.2, Code 2021, is amended by adding
 2   the following new subsections:
 3      NEW SUBSECTION. 24. By August 1, 2021, adopt rules pursuant
 4   to chapter 17A, developed in consultation with the department,
 5   establishing a statement of professional recognition for
 6   behavior analysts licensed under chapter 154D.
 7      NEW SUBSECTION. 25. By January 1, 2022, adopt rules
 8   pursuant to chapter 17A establishing a statement of
 9   professional recognition for mental health professionals
10   as defined in section 228.1. The rules shall require that
11   any mental health professional who provides mental health
12   services to students for a school obtain such a statement
13   unless a professional service license or endorsement relating
14   to mental health services has been issued to the mental health
15   professional by the board.
16      Sec. 2. EMERGENCY RULES. The board of educational examiners
17   may adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 3,
18   and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, to implement
19   the provisions of this Act and the rules shall be effective
20   immediately upon filing unless a later date is specified in the
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21   rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with this section shall
22   also be published as a notice of intended action as provided
23   in section 17A.4.
24      Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
25   importance, takes effect upon enactment.
     ______________________________     ______________________________
     JAKE CHAPMAN                       PAT GRASSLEY
     President of the Senate            Speaker of the House
        I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
     is known as Senate File 532, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
                                        ______________________________
                                        W. CHARLES SMITHSON
                                        Secretary of the Senate
     Approved _______________, 2021     ______________________________
                                        KIM REYNOLDS
                                        Governor
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 272.2
Reprinted: 272.2
Enrolled: 272.2