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AL HB166
Bill
Status
3/15/2018
Primary Sponsor
Randy Davis
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 34-17A-3 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to revise the definition of marriage and family therapy practice under the Alabama Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapy.
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Expands the scope of practice to explicitly include services offered "in a school system" and adds "psychotherapy" to the list of therapeutic services marriage and family therapists may provide.
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Changes terminology from "emotional and mental problems" to "mental and emotional disorders" and removes certain language restrictions from the original definition.
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Maintains existing prohibitions preventing marriage and family therapists from administering psychological tests, prescribing drugs, admitting patients to hospitals, or labeling services as "psychological evaluations."
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor, with the bill passing the House 68-14-5 on February 6, 2018.
Legislative Description
Marriage and Family Therapy Board, practice of marriage and family therapy further defined to include diagnosis of mental and emotional problems, certain limitations deleted, Sec. 34-17A-3 am'd.
Marriage and Family Therapy, Board of Examiners in
Last Action
Forwarded to Governor at 12:09 p.m. on March 15, 2018.
3/15/2018