Bill Amendment: IL HB2365 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SOCIAL WORK-EXAM ALTERNATE
Status: 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0433 [HB2365 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2365-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SOCIAL WORK-EXAM ALTERNATE
Status: 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0433 [HB2365 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2365-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2365
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2365 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Clinical Social Work and Social Work | ||||||
5 | Practice Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 9 and by | ||||||
6 | adding Section 8.2 as follows:
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7 | (225 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 6355)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
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9 | Sec. 5. Powers and duties of the Department. Subject to | ||||||
10 | the provisions of this Act, the Department shall exercise the | ||||||
11 | following functions, powers, and duties:
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12 | (1) Conduct or authorize examinations or examination | ||||||
13 | alternatives to ascertain the qualifications and fitness | ||||||
14 | of candidates for a license to engage in the independent | ||||||
15 | practice of clinical social work, pass upon the | ||||||
16 | qualifications of applicants for licenses, and issue |
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1 | licenses to those who are found to be fit and qualified. | ||||||
2 | (2) Adopt rules required for the administration and | ||||||
3 | enforcement of this Act. | ||||||
4 | (3) Adopt rules for determining approved undergraduate | ||||||
5 | and graduate social work degree programs and prepare and | ||||||
6 | maintain a list of colleges and universities offering such | ||||||
7 | approved programs whose graduates, if they otherwise meet | ||||||
8 | the requirements of this Act, are eligible to apply for a | ||||||
9 | license. | ||||||
10 | (4) Prescribe forms to be issued for the | ||||||
11 | administration and enforcement of this Act consistent with | ||||||
12 | and reflecting the requirements of this Act and rules | ||||||
13 | adopted pursuant to this Act. | ||||||
14 | (5)
Conduct investigations related to possible | ||||||
15 | violations of this Act. | ||||||
16 | (6) Maintain rosters of the names and addresses of all | ||||||
17 | persons who hold valid licenses under this Act. These | ||||||
18 | rosters shall be available upon written request and | ||||||
19 | payment of the required fee.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 102-326, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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21 | (225 ILCS 20/8.2 new) | ||||||
22 | Sec. 8.2. Examination alternative. | ||||||
23 | (a) An applicant may use an examination alternative to | ||||||
24 | allow the Department to ascertain the qualifications and | ||||||
25 | fitness of candidates for a license to engage in the |
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1 | independent practice of clinical social work. | ||||||
2 | (b) The examination alternative shall consist of at least | ||||||
3 | 3,000 hours of supervised professional experience that is | ||||||
4 | obtained within the 10 calendar years immediately preceding | ||||||
5 | the date of application and after the degree is obtained as | ||||||
6 | established by rule. If no supervision by a licensed clinical | ||||||
7 | social worker is available, then supervised professional | ||||||
8 | experience may include supervision by other appropriate | ||||||
9 | disciplines as defined by rule. | ||||||
10 | (c) The examination alternative supervised professional | ||||||
11 | experience shall be in addition to any other supervised | ||||||
12 | clinical professional experience required for licensure. | ||||||
13 | (d) Beginning January 1, 2026, an applicant acquiring the | ||||||
14 | examination alternative supervised professional experience | ||||||
15 | must be a licensed social worker or licensed in this State for | ||||||
16 | the practice of school social work prior to acquiring the | ||||||
17 | supervised professional experience.
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18 | (225 ILCS 20/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 6359)
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19 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
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20 | Sec. 9. Qualifications for clinical social worker license. | ||||||
21 | A person shall be qualified to be
licensed as a clinical social | ||||||
22 | worker if that person:
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23 | (1) has applied in writing on the prescribed form;
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24 | (2) is of good moral character. In determining good | ||||||
25 | moral
character, the Department may take into |
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1 | consideration whether the applicant was
engaged in conduct | ||||||
2 | or actions that would constitute grounds for discipline
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3 | under this
Act;
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4 | (3)(a) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the | ||||||
5 | Department
that
subsequent to securing a master's degree | ||||||
6 | in social work from an approved
program the applicant has | ||||||
7 | successfully completed at least 3,000 hours of
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8 | satisfactory, supervised clinical professional | ||||||
9 | experience; or
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10 | (b) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department | ||||||
11 | that
such
applicant has received a doctor's degree in | ||||||
12 | social work from an approved
program and has completed at | ||||||
13 | least 2,000 hours of satisfactory, supervised
clinical | ||||||
14 | professional experience subsequent to the degree;
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15 | (4) has passed the examination for the practice of | ||||||
16 | clinical
social work
as authorized by the Department or | ||||||
17 | has completed the examination alternative set forth in | ||||||
18 | Section 8.2 ; and
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19 | (5) has paid the required fees.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 100-414, eff. 8-25-17.)".
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