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GA HB1050
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/26/2024
Primary Sponsor
Karen Mathiak
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AI Summary
- Increases the minimum quarter-hour education requirement for licensure as an associate professional counselor or professional counselor from 80 to 90 quarter hours (semester hour requirement remains at 60)
- Eliminates the alternative doctoral degree pathway to professional counselor licensure, requiring all applicants to hold a master's degree and complete two years of post-degree supervised experience
- Revises the definition of "Supervisor" by removing the specific requirement that a supervisor be licensed under the article or be a psychiatrist or psychologist, instead requiring only that they meet licensure and other requirements set by the standards committee for the supervised specialty
- Establishes privileged communication protections for confidential client communications with licensed professional counselors, associate professional counselors, master's social workers, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and associate marriage and family therapists, placing them on the same legal basis as attorney-client privilege
- Amends Article 1 of Chapter 10A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, as offered by the House Committee on Regulated Industries as a substitute bill
Legislative Description
Professions and businesses; licensure as a professional counselor or associate professional counselor; change certain education requirements
Last Action
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2/20/2024
Committee Referrals
Regulated Industries1/29/2024
Full Bill Text
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