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The Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations

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(Peaden) recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete line(s) 45-52

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and insert:

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in fact, impaired. The consultant may contract for services to be

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provided, for appropriate compensation, if requested by the

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school, for students enrolled in schools for licensure as

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allopathic physicians under chapter 458, osteopathic physicians

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under chapter 459, or nurses under chapter 464 who are alleged to

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be impaired as a result of the misuse or abuse of alcohol or

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drugs, or both, or due to a mental or physical condition. The

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department is not responsible under any circumstances for paying

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the costs of care provided by approved treatment providers, and

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the department is not responsible for paying the costs of

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consultants' services provided for students. A medical school

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accredited by the Liaison

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 5-8

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and insert:

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Health; providing that a consultant may contract for

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services to be provided to students of allopathic and

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osteopathic medicine and nursing students who are alleged

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to be impaired, if requested by the school; exempting the

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department from paying the costs for services provided by

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treatment providers or consultants; indemnifying certain

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