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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 520

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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

15 cosponsors

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)

Full history

  1. Oct 25, 2019 · Senate

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

  2. Oct 25, 2019 · Senate

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

  3. Nov 6, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Milroy withdrawn as a cosponsor

  4. Nov 7, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Ramthun withdrawn as a cosponsor

  5. Nov 13, 2019 · Senate

    Representative C. Taylor withdrawn as a cosponsor

  6. Nov 18, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Jan 9, 2020 · Senate

    Representative Subeck withdrawn as a cosponsor

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1