3E Relating to health occupations and licensing;

ARTICLE 1 - SOCIAL WORKERS

Modifying certain social workers licensing provisions under the board of social work practice act; expanding licensure requirements, specifying criminal background check applicability, providing for a grandfathering period and specifying qualifications during grandfathering for licensure as a licensed social worker (LSW), licensed graduate social worker (LGSW), licensed independent social worker (LISW), and licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW); allowing city, county, state agencies, and tribes to employ unlicensed social workers; providing certain transition period exceptions; modifying certain provisions relating to temporary licensing requirements, exemptions, requirements for supervisors, and representations to clients and public; specifying authorized use of titles; repealing the geographic waiver exemption

ARTICLE 2 - ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELORS

Establishing licensure requirements for alcohol and drug counselors; providing for data sharing and classification; providing governance and specifications for law application, definitions, board of behavioral health and therapy duties, licensure requirements, reciprocity, temporary permits, supervised postdegree professional practice, alcohol and drug counselor technician, license renewal, expired licenses, voluntary termination, relicensure following termination, inactive license status, continuing education, sponsor's application for approval, nontransferability of licenses, license denial, suspension or revocation, additional remedies, investigation cooperation, prohibited practice or use of titles and penalty, license requirement exceptions, fees, conduct, competent provision of services, client privacy protection, private information access and release, informed consent, termination of services, record keeping, impaired objectivity or effectiveness, provider impairment, client welfare, student, supervisees, and research subjects' welfare, medical and health care considerations, assessments and reports, public statements, fee statements, aiding and abetting unlicensed practice, law violations, and board complaints; requiring the board of behavioral health and therapy to convene a working group and make a report to the legislature by a certain date; repealing current alcohol and drug counselors licensing statutes and rules and obsolete language; revisor instructions

ARTICLE 3 - LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING

Modifying certain licensed professional clinical counselor general requirements; establishing provisions relating to conversion from a licensed professional counselor to a licensed professional clinical counselor; modifying certain continuing education provisions related to license renewal
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