Iowa 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SSB 1008 — A bill for an act relating to the requirements for a prescribing psychologist or a psychologist with a conditional prescription certificate.

Last action — Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 133.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill modifies requirements for prescribing psychologists regarding their relationship with physicians and removes certain conditions for certification.

  • Section 154B.10

    within five years immediately preceding the date of application

    Removes the five-year timeframe for completing educational and experience requirements for a conditional prescription certificate.

  • Section 154B.12, subsection 2

    the licensed physician → the patient’s primary care provider

    Changes the requirement for collaborative relationships from a licensed physician to the patient's primary care provider.

  • Section 154B.1, subsection 5

    who is board-certified in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, or another specialty

    Removes the requirement for a physician to be board-certified in a specialty in order to have a collaborative relationship with psychologists.

Action History

  1. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 133.

  2. Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [].

  3. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/19/2023 11:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.

  4. Subcommittee: Rowley, Evans, and Trone Garriott.

  5. Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services.

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SSB 1008?
SSB 1008 is sponsored by COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
What is the current status of SSB 1008?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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