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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 133: Relating to the requirements for a prescribing psychologist or a psychologist with a conditional prescription certificate

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

Under current law, to be granted a conditional prescription certificate, an applicant who holds a current license to practice psychology in the state, among other requirements, must within five years immediately preceding the date of application, have both successfully completed a postdoctoral master of science degree in clinical psychopharmacology approved by the board of psychology and the board of medicine, and have been certified by the applicant’s supervising physician as having successfully completed a supervised and relevant clinical experience in clinical assessment and pathophysiology and an additional supervised practicum treating patients with mental disorders.

Sponsors

Health and Human Services committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 7 for, 3 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Broadlawns Medical Center; Iowa Pharmacy Association; Iowa Primary Care Association; Iowa Psychological Association; Iowa State Association of Counties; National Alliance on Mental Illness - Iowa

Against: Iowa Medical Society; Iowa Psychiatric Physicians Society; Polk County Medical Society

In plain words

  1. January 25, 2023Filed in the Senate
  2. January 25, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
  3. April 17, 2023Withdrawn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF133