Sec. 14.5. (a) The office shall include a:

(1) licensed clinical social worker;

Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-15-5-14.5

  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) licensed mental health counselor;

(3) licensed clinical addiction counselor; and

(4) licensed marriage and family therapist;

as eligible providers for the supervision of a plan of treatment for a patient’s outpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment services, if the individual holds at least a master’s degree and the supervision is in the scope of practice, education, and training of the clinical social worker, mental health counselor, clinical addiction counselor, or marriage and family therapist.

     (b) Before July 1, 2020, the office shall apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services to amend the state Medicaid plan to implement subsection (a).

As added by P.L.128-2019, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.103-2020, SEC.1.