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HI SB2669

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/8/2016

Primary Sponsor

Rosalyn Baker

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Clarifies supervision requirements for licensed clinical social worker licensure in Hawaii, which requires 3,000 hours of post-master's clinical work experience with at least 100 hours of direct face-to-face supervision.

  • Specifies that of the 100 required supervision hours, at least 60 must be individualized supervision and no more than 40 hours may be small group supervision (up to six supervisees).

  • Permits applicants to fulfill some or all of the face-to-face supervision requirement through video conference services that comply with federal and state privacy, security, and confidentiality laws including HIPAA.

  • Requires applicants using electronic supervision to review the laws and rules of other jurisdictions to determine potential impacts on license reciprocity in other states.

  • Effective upon approval.

Legislative Description

Licensed Clinical Social Workers; Licensing Requirements; Supervision

Last Action

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kawakami, Kobayashi, Kong, Luke, Pouha, Rhoads excused (6).

3/22/2016

Committee Referrals

Consumer Protection & Commerce3/22/2016
Human Services3/10/2016
Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health1/27/2016

Full Bill Text

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