Relating to supervision requirements for licensed marital and family therapists, mental health counselors, and social workers, and including effective date provisions

This bill relates to supervision requirements for certain licensed individuals and provides an effective date. The bill provides that the board of social work and the board of behavioral science shall not require that supervision of an applicant for a license as a social worker, marital or family therapist, or mental health counselor be completed in-person. The bill provides that the board of behavioral science shall not require supervised clinical experience hours for marital or family therapists or mental health counselors in excess of the hours required for social workers. 4(2)(b). The bill directs the board of social work and the board of behavioral science to amend their administrative rules to remove any requirement for supervised clinical experience and supervised professional practice to be completed in-person as a condition for the licensure of marital and family therapists, mental health counselors, and social workers. The bill provides that the board of social work and the board of behavioral science may adopt emergency rules and creates an immediate effective date upon enactment.