This text of Iowa § 514C.32 (Services provided by certain licensed master social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marital and family therapists) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Iowa primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
health counselors, and licensed marital and family therapists.
1.Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a policy or contract providing for third-party payment
or prepayment of health or medical expenses shall include a provision for the payment of
necessary behavioral health services provided by any of the following:
a.A licensed master social worker who is licensed by the board of behavioral health
professionals as a master social worker pursuant to section 154C.3, subsection 1, paragraph
“b”, and who provides services under the supervision of an independent social worker
licensed pursuant to section 154C.3, subsection 1, paragraph “c”.
b.A licensed mental health counselor or a licensed marital and family therapist who
holds a temporary license to practice mental health counseling or marital
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health counselors, and licensed marital and family therapists.
1. Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a policy or contract providing for third-party payment
or prepayment of health or medical expenses shall include a provision for the payment of
necessary behavioral health services provided by any of the following:
a. A licensed master social worker who is licensed by the board of behavioral health
professionals as a master social worker pursuant to section 154C.3, subsection 1, paragraph
“b”, and who provides services under the supervision of an independent social worker
licensed pursuant to section 154C.3, subsection 1, paragraph “c”.
b. A licensed mental health counselor or a licensed marital and family therapist who
holds a temporary license to practice mental health counseling or marital and family therapy
pursuant to section 154D.7, and who provides services under the supervision of a qualified
supervisor as determined by the board of behavioral health professionals by rule.
2. A policy or contract subject to this section shall not impose a practice or supervision
restrictionwhichisinconsistentwithormorerestrictivethantheauthorityalreadygrantedby
law, including the authority to provide supervision in person or remotely through electronic
means as specified by rule of the applicable licensing board.
3. The requirements of this section apply to and supersede any conflicting requirements
regarding services provided under a policy or contract, which is delivered, issued for delivery,
continued, or renewed in this state on or after June 1, 2018, and apply to and supersede any
conflicting requirements regarding services contained in an existing policy or contract on the
policy’s or contract’s anniversary or renewal date, whichever is later.
4. For the purposes of this section, third-party payment or prepayment includes an
individual or group policy of accident or health insurance or individual or group hospital or
health care service contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514, or 514A, an individual or
group health maintenance organization contract issued and regulated under chapter 514B,
or a preferred provider organization contract regulated pursuant to chapter 514F.
5. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to require an individual or group health
maintenance organization or a preferred provider organization or arrangement to provide
payment or prepayment for services provided by a licensed master social worker providing
behavioral health services under the supervision of an independent social worker, or to
a licensed mental health counselor or licensed marital and family therapist who holds
a temporary license to practice mental health counseling or marital and family therapy
providing behavioral health services under the supervision of a qualified supervisor, as
specified in this section, unless the supervising independent social worker or the qualified
supervisor, respectively, has entered into a contract or other agreement to provide behavioral
health services with the individual or group health maintenance organization or the
preferred provider organization or arrangement.