1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; changing licensure laws to include licensed 
1.3 	professional counselors as licensed mental health professionals;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 245.462, subdivision 18.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 245.462, subdivision 18, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 18.Mental health professional. "Mental health professional" means a 
1.9 	person providing clinical services in the treatment of mental illness who is qualified in at 
1.10 	least one of the following ways:
1.11 	(1) in psychiatric nursing: a registered nurse who is licensed under sections 148.171
1.12 	to 148.285; and:
1.13 	(i) who is certified as a clinical specialist or as a nurse practitioner in adult or family 
1.14 	psychiatric and mental health nursing by a national nurse certification organization; or
1.15 	(ii) who has a master's degree in nursing or one of the behavioral sciences or related 
1.16 	fields from an accredited college or university or its equivalent, with at least 4,000 hours 
1.17 	of post-master's supervised experience in the delivery of clinical services in the treatment 
1.18 	of mental illness;
1.19 	(2) in clinical social work: a person licensed as an independent clinical social worker 
1.20 	under chapter 148D, or a person with a master's degree in social work from an accredited 
1.21 	college or university, with at least 4,000 hours of post-master's supervised experience in 
1.22 	the delivery of clinical services in the treatment of mental illness;
2.1 	(3) in psychology: an individual licensed by the Board of Psychology under sections 
2.2 	148.88 to 148.98 who has stated to the Board of Psychology competencies in the diagnosis 
2.3 	and treatment of mental illness;
2.4 	(4) in psychiatry: a physician licensed under chapter 147 and certified by the 
2.5 	American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or eligible for board certification in 
2.6 	psychiatry;
2.7 	(5) in marriage and family therapy: the mental health professional must be a 
2.8 	marriage and family therapist licensed under sections 148B.29 to 148B.39 with at least 
2.9 	two years of post-master's supervised experience in the delivery of clinical services in 
2.10 	the treatment of mental illness; or
2.11 	(6) in allied fields: a person with a master's degree from an accredited college or 
2.12 	university in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields, with at least 4,000 hours of 
2.13 	post-master's supervised experience in the delivery of clinical services in the treatment of 
2.14 	mental illness.; or
2.15 	(7) a licensed professional clinical counselor under section 148B.5301.