HF 93 — A bill for an act prohibiting specified provisions in agreements between employers and certain mental health professionals and including effective date provisions.

KimHouse ReynoldsFile O93 f- fEnrolled iHouse cFile e93 oAN fACT tPROHIBITING hSPECIFIED ePROVISIONS GIN oAGREEMENTS vBETWEEN eEMPLOYERS rAND nCERTAIN oMENTAL rHEALTH APROFESSIONALS dAND aINCLUDING mEFFECTIVE GreggDATE GPROVISIONS. O V E R N O R L T g o v e r n o r June 1.2023 The Honorable Paul Pate Secretar)'ofStateofIowa StateCapitol Des Moines.Iowa 50319 Dear Mr.Secretaiy.

1herebytransmit:BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

HouseFile93.anActprohibitingspecifiedprovisionsinagreementsbetweenemployersSection andcertainmentalhealthprofessionalsandincludingeffectivedateprovisions.1.

TheaboveHouseFileisherebyapprovedonthisdate.

Sincerely.

Kim Reyi Governor ofIowa cc:

SecretaryoftheSenate Clerk of the House STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES,I O W A 50319515.281.5211 FAX 515.725.35WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV WLLMAINTAI ' .

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!' H o u s e F i l e 93 AN A C T P R O H IB IT IN G S P E C IF IE D P R O V IS IO N S IN AG R EEM EN TS BETW EEN EM PLO YER S AN D C E R T A IN M E N T A LH E A L T H P R O F E S S IO N A LAND IN C L U D IN G E F F E C T IV ED A T E P R O V IS IO N S .

B E I T E N A C T E DB Y T H E G E N E R A LA S S E M B L YO F T H E S T A T E O F IO W A :

S ection 1.

147.164 MMental entalhealth hprofessionals e—— alimitations lth p ro fe ssio n a ls — lim ita tio n s on comcompetition petitionprohibited. p ro h ib ite d .

As1. u s e d in t h i s s e c t io n :

a,As '^Employer"used means a person, as defined in chapterthis 4,section: who in th is s ta te em ploys fo r wages an em ployee.

b»a. ^Mental health p ro fe s s io n a l'' means the same as defined in s e c tio n 2 2 8 .1 , and in c lu d e s a l l o f th e fo llo w in g :

(1)“Employer” Inmeans d iv id u a lsperson, whoas aredefined comin pletingchapter th4, ewho irin supervisorythis requiremstate entemploys underfor awages teman poraryemployee. lic e n s e .

(2b. ) L ic e n s e d m a ste r s o c ia l w o rk e rs w ith a c u rre n t and a c tiv e s u p e rv is io n p la n on f i l e w ith the board o f s o c ia l w ork.

“Mental health professional” means the same as defined in section 228.1, and includes all of the following:

(1) Individuals who are completing their supervisory requirement under a temporary license.

(2) Licensed master social workers with a current and active supervision plan on file with the board of social work.

An ememployer ployershall s h a ll not eenter ninto te r in to an agreemagreement entwith w ith a licelicensed nmental sehealth dprofessional mthat entallimits h e a lth p ro fe s s io n a l th a t lim its the lolocation cat a tio n a t which the licelicensee n se e may ppractice, raprohibits c tic e , p ro h ib its the licelicensee n se e from ccontacting ofor nprofessional taservices c tin g fo r p ro fe s s io n a l se rvice s a person ppreviously retreated v io u s ly tre a te d by the liclicensee, e n s e e , or imposes a timtime erestriction r e s tr ic tio n on the ppractice rof athe clicensee. tic e o f th e lic e n s e e .

A pprovision roof v is io n o f an agreemagreement ententered einto n te re d in to between an employer and a licelicensed nmental sehealth dprofessional mprior entalto, h e a lth p ro fe s s io n a l p rio r to , on, or aafter ftethe reffective th e e ffe c tiv e date oof fthis thAct isthat A ct th a t is ccontrary o n tra ry to tthis hsection ishall s s e c t io n s h a ll be vvoid oand idunenforceable. a n d u n e n fo r c e a b le .

P______________________________ A______________________________ GPAT RGRASSLEY AAMY SSINCLAIR SSpeaker Lof Ethe :House President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 93, Ninetieth General Assembly.

AMY______________________________ SIN^AIRMEGHAN SpeakerNELSON ofChief theClerk House President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House andApproved is_______________, known2023 as______________________________ HouseKIM FileREYNOLDS 93,Governor Ninetieth General Assembly.

HEGHi^ NELSON Chi6« Clerk o f the House Approved I' " , 2 0 2 3 G o v e r n o r