Illinois House Bill 1365

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-14 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bob Morgan
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act, the Music Therapy Licensing and Practice Act, and the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act. Establishes temporary licenses for social workers, professional counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, music therapists, and clinical psychologists whose license application is pending and creates termination conditions for such licenses. Removes good moral character standards as qualification requirements for the licensing of social workers and music therapists. Creates procedures for placing a license on inactive status for social workers and professional counselors. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation must allow reasonable exam accommodations for licensed marriage and family therapists and clinical psychologists whose primary language is not English if a test in the therapist's or psychologist's primary language is not available.

THERAPIST/COUNSELOR LICENSURE

Rep. Bob Morgan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bob Morgan

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
225	107	47	New Code	See Bill Text
225	107	50	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	15	10.5	New Code	See Bill Text
225	15	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	20	11	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	20	9	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	20	9A	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	20	9B	New Code	See Bill Text
225	55	20	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	55	43	New Code	See Bill Text
225	56	60	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	56	63	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1365&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/104/HB/10400HB1365.htm