Relating to the licensure of marital and family therapists, mental health counselors, and social workers, and including effective date provisions

Sponsored by the House Health and Human Services Committee

Topics:Health care Mental health & addiction

Same legislation: HF 2343

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2024
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 6, 2024
Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2024
Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 22, 202494–0
Done: Senate committeeMarch 13, 2024
Done: Passes the SenateApril 11, 202445–0
Done: To the GovernorApril 19, 2024
Done: Signed into lawApril 19, 2024

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What’s in it

This bill relates to the licensure of social workers, marital and family therapists, and mental health counselors. The bill prohibits the board of social work and board of behavioral science from requiring by rule or other means that supervised clinical experience required for licensure to practice social work, marital and family therapy, or mental health counseling include live or recorded direct observation of client interaction. These provisions of the bill take effect upon enactment. The bill allows a person licensed as a marital and family therapist or mental health counselor in another jurisdiction to apply for licensure by endorsement in this state.

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The bill requires the board of behavioral science to adopt rules requiring an applicant for licensure by endorsement to submit an application, pay a licensure fee, show evidence that the jurisdiction where the applicant holds a license has licensure requirements similar to the licensure requirements of this state, and provide verification that the applicant holds a license from another jurisdiction.

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Senate subcommittee

Named February 27, 2024. On March 6, 2024 it recommended passage. [].

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§154D.8

Amends§154C.3 §154D.2

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

90th General Assembly

HF 2343Renumbered HF 2515Became lawfrom HF 2343

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