COVERAGE OF SOCIAL WORKER SERVICES FURNISHED BY A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION TO ITS MEMBERS.

SEC. 4074. COVERAGE OF SOCIAL WORKER SERVICES FURNISHED BY A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION TO ITS MEMBERS. (a) In General.— Section 1861(s)(2)(H)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)(H)(ii)) is amended— (1) by inserting “or by a clinical social worker (as defined in subsection (ff))” after “clinical psychologist (as defined by the Secretary)”; and (2) by striking “incident to his services” and inserting “incident to such clinical psychologist’s services or clinical social worker’s services”. (b) Clinical Social Worker Defined.— Section 1861 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “Clinical Social Worker “(ff) The term ‘clinical social worker’ means an individual who— “(1) possesses a master’s or doctor’s degree in social work; “(2) after obtaining such degree has performed at least 2 years of supervised clinical social work; and “(3) (A) is licensed or certified as a clinical social worker by the State in which the services are performed, or “(B) in the case of an individual in a State which does not provide for licensure or certification— “(i) has completed at least 2 years or 3,000 hours of post-master’s degree supervised clinical social work practice under the supervision of a master’s level social worker in101 STAT. 1330–120 an appropriate setting (as determined by the Secretary), and “(ii) meets such other criteria as the Secretary establishes.”, (c) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section shall be effective with respect to services performed on or after January 1, 1988.