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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 686

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Relating to: advanced practice social workers and independent social workers treating substance use disorder as a specialty. (FE)

Alcohol and other drug abuse Counselor Safety and professional services department of Sales Social work

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, an advanced practice social worker or independent social

worker may treat substance use disorder as a specialty without obtaining a

certification from the Department of Safety and Professional Services or satisfying

educational and supervised training requirements established by the Marriage and

Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board.

Under current law, to treat substance use disorder as a specialty, an advanced

practice social worker or independent social worker is required to obtain a

certification from DSPS or satisfy educational and supervised training requirements

established by the board.

The bill also allows an advanced practice social worker or independent social

worker to represent himself or herself as a substance abuse counselor without

obtaining a substance abuse counselor certification from DSPS. Current law

requires an advanced practice social worker or independent social worker to obtain

a substance abuse counselor certification in order to represent himself or herself as

a substance abuse counselor.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Bowen (D) , Considine (D) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Duchow (R) , Kerkman (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Magnafici (R) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Plumer (R) , Rozar (R) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D) , Wichgers (R)

6 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Cabrera (D) , Cowles (R) , Johnson (D) , Kooyenga (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jan 18, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 21, 2022 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. Nov 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Magnafici, Doyle, Kerkman, Milroy, Spiros, Duchow, Considine, Andraca, Rozar, Vruwink, Ohnstad, Wichgers, Subeck, Dittrich, Loudenbeck, Plumer, Bowen and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Johnson, Bernier, Ballweg and Cowles

  2. Nov 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention

  3. Nov 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 13, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Cabrera added as a coauthor

  7. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  8. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-20-2022 by Committee on Rules

  10. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Jan 20, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Jan 20, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Jan 21, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  17. Jan 21, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  18. Jan 21, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  19. Jan 21, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  21. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  23. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Jan 25, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Jan 25, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  26. Jan 31, 2022 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 1-31-2022

  27. Apr 4, 2022 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker

  28. Apr 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 222

  29. Apr 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Published 4-9-2022