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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 217

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Relating to: practice requirement for licensure as a clinical social worker.

Public welfare Trades and occupations

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the social worker section of the Marriage and Family

Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board must grant a

license to an individual who, among other things, has engaged in the equivalent of

at least 3,000 hours of clinical social work practice, including at least 1,000 hours of

supervised face-to-face client contact. Under this bill, that 3,000 hours of clinical

social work practice must also include the diagnosis and treatment of individuals

based on the

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

, commonly

referred to as the DSM.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Brostoff (D) , Hebl (D) , Johnson (D) , Kahl (D) , Kolste (D) , Subeck (D) , T. Larson (R)

2 cosponsors

Lassa (D) , Vinehout (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Jun 18, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Jun 18, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 5, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. May 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives T. Larson, Bernier, Hebl, Brostoff, Johnson, Kahl, Kolste, Subeck and Ballweg; cosponsored by Senators Lassa and Vinehout

  2. May 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations

  3. May 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 11, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative T. Larson

  5. Jun 16, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jun 18, 2015 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  7. Jun 18, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  8. Jun 18, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Sep 22, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 9-24-2015 by Committee on Rules

  10. Sep 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  11. Sep 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Sep 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Sep 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Sep 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Sep 24, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Sep 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Sep 28, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health and Human Services

  18. Jan 28, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  19. Feb 3, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  20. Feb 5, 2016 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  21. Feb 5, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  22. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1