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IN HB1199
Bill
Status
4/18/2019
Primary Sponsor
David Frizzell
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AI Summary
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Adds definition of "relational" services for marriage and family therapy as services delivered simultaneously to at least 2 individuals who share a relationship beyond the therapy session, and requires at least 200 of the 400 face-to-face client contact hours for licensure to be relational hours.
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Removes references to "certified" health care professionals throughout behavioral health licensing statutes, limiting exemptions to only "licensed" health care professionals acting within their scope of practice.
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Requires licensed addiction counselors and clinical addiction counselors to display their license at each practice location and include "licensed addiction counselor," "licensed clinical addiction counselor," "LAC," or "LCAC" on all promotional materials including business cards, brochures, and advertisements.
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Updates accreditation requirements for addiction counselor education programs to recognize the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), the National Addiction Studies Accreditation Commission, and substantially equivalent programs approved by the board.
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Modifies clinical addiction counselor requirements by reducing supervised hours from 105 to 100, adding "Foundations of addiction counseling" as a required course area (with a grace period until July 1, 2021), and replacing "Treatment planning" with "Group work" in addiction counselor coursework.
Legislative Description
Mental health professionals. Makes changes to the contact hours required for licensure in marriage and family therapy services. Removes references in behavioral health and human services licensing law to certified health care professionals. Specifies that the statutes concerning behavioral health and human services professionals may not be construed to limit addiction counseling performed by certain students, interns, and trainees studying in certain institutions. Requires an individual who is licensed as an addiction counselor or a clinical addiction counselor to: (1) display a counselor license or a clear copy of a counselor license at each location where the addiction counselor or clinical addiction counselor regularly practices; and (2) include certain information on the individual's professional marketing material. Changes certain educational and clinical experience requirements for a licensed addiction counselor and a licensed clinical addiction counselor.
Last Action
Public Law 49
4/18/2019