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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 526

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Relating to: requiring continuing education on suicide prevention for physicians, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and substance abuse counselors and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)

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  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

This bill requires two hours of continuing education on suicide prevention to be

completed every two years for each of the following types of practitioners to renew

their credentials: 1) physicians; 2) psychologists; 3) private practice school

psychologists; 4) social workers; 5) advanced practice social workers; 6) independent

social workers; 7) clinical social workers; 8) marriage and family therapists; 9)

professional counselors; 10) substance abuse counselors; 11) clinical substance abuse

counselors; and 12) prevention specialists. Under current law, each of those types

of professionals must complete at least 30 hours of continuing education every two

years to renew their credentials, except that psychologists and private practice

school psychologists are required to complete 40 hours of continuing education every

two years to renew their licenses.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Cabrera (D) , Doyle (D) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , James (R) , Kurtz (R) , Mursau (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Schraa (R) , Spiros (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wittke (R)

5 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Carpenter (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Nass (R) , Olsen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Nov 1, 2019 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 Health, Ayes 8, Noes 5

Passed 8–5 Nov 1, 2019 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 56–39 Nov 7, 2019 official source full page

Aye · 56

Nay · 39

Full history

  1. Oct 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Ballweg, Doyle, Cabrera, Duchow, Edming, James, Milroy, Mursau, Oldenburg, Petersen, Petryk, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Schraa, Spiros, C. Taylor, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vining and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Carpenter, Nass, Olsen and L. Taylor

  2. Oct 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Oct 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 24, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative C. Taylor withdrawn as a coauthor

  5. Oct 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kurtz

  6. Oct 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck withdrawn as a coauthor

  7. Oct 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Oct 30, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Vining withdrawn as a coauthor

  9. Oct 30, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kolste

  10. Oct 30, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kolste

  11. Oct 30, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  12. Oct 31, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. Nov 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  14. Nov 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 8, Noes 5

  15. Nov 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  16. Nov 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-7-2019 by Committee on Rules

  17. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Milroy withdrawn as a coauthor

  18. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  20. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  22. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 56, Noes 39

  23. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Ramthun withdrawn as a coauthor

  24. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Nov 8, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  26. Feb 28, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations

  27. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1