Illinois House Bill 5019

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Art Therapy Licensing and Practice Act. Provides for licensure of licensed clinical professional art therapists and licensed associate art therapists by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Establishes the Art Therapy Advisory Board. Establishes the powers and duties of the Advisory Board, including advising the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation on all matters pertaining to licensure, education, and continuing education requirements for licensees. Establishes the powers and duties of the Department, including prescribing rules defining what constitutes an appropriate curriculum for art therapy, reviewing the qualifications of applicants for licenses, investigating alleged violations of the Act, conducting hearings on disciplinary and other matters, and establishing a schedule of fees for the administration and enforcement of the Act. Establishes qualifications for licensure as a licensed clinical professional art therapist and licensed associate art therapist. Establishes grounds for discipline of a license. Provides for civil and criminal penalties for violations of the Act. Creates provisions concerning formal hearings, including transcripts of proceedings, appointment of hearing officers, subpoenas and depositions, and rehearings. Provides for judicial review of all final administrative decisions of the Department. Preempts home rule powers by providing that regulation and licensing of professional art therapists are exclusive powers and functions of the State. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to repeal the Art Therapy Licensing and Practice Act on January 1, 2030. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act to provide that licensed clinical professional art therapists and licensed associate art therapists are mandatory reporters under the Act.

ART THERAPY LICENSING

Rep. Janet Yang Rohr [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-05	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-28	House	Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
2024-02-08	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-08	House	First Reading
2024-02-07	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
325	5	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	80	4.40	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5019&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB5019.htm