LRB-3572/1
TJD:amn
2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
January 13, 2016 - Introduced by Representatives Tittl, Krug, Murphy, Novak, A.
Ott, Petryk, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Subeck and VanderMeer. Referred to
Committee on Health.
AB711,1,2
1An Act to create 49.45 (29s) of the statutes;
relating to: qualified treatment
2trainees.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits the Department of Health Services from contracting with a
health maintenance organization or other managed care organization to provide
certain mental health services under the Medical Assistance (MA) program unless
that organization allows and pays for qualified treatment trainees to provide those
services to MA recipients. "Qualified treatment trainee" is defined in the bill as
either a graduate student who is enrolled in an accredited institution in psychology,
counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, nursing, or a closely related
field or an individual who has a graduate degree from an accredited institution in one
of those fields but who has not completed the applicable supervised practice
requirements for licensure as a clinical social worker, certification as a social worker,
licensure as a professional counselor, licensure or certification as a marriage and
family therapist, or licensure as a psychologist.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB711,1
3Section
1. 49.45 (29s) of the statutes is created to read:
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49.45
(29s) Qualified treatment trainees. (a) In this subsection, "qualified
5treatment trainee" means any of the following:
AB711,2,3
11. A graduate student who is enrolled in an accredited institution in psychology,
2counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, nursing, or a closely related
3field.
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2. An individual who has a graduate degree from an accredited institution and
5course work in psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work,
6nursing, or a closely related field who has not yet completed the applicable
7supervised practice requirements for licensure as a clinical social worker,
8certification as a social worker, licensure as a professional counselor, licensure or
9certification as a marriage and family therapist, or licensure as a psychologist.
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(b) The department may not contract with a health maintenance organization
11or other managed care organization to provide psychology, counseling, marriage and
12family therapy, or social work services under the Medical Assistance program under
13this subchapter unless that health maintenance organization or managed care
14organization allows and pays for qualified treatment trainees to provide those
15services to Medical Assistance recipients.
